Edward John FRANCIS

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FRANCIS, Edward John

Service Number:	1536
Enlisted:	12 April 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Camberwell Public School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Tent maker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 30 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

12 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1536, Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1536, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
28 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1536, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
30 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1536, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1536 Private Edward John Francis, 1st Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, of Upper Hawthorn, Vic. Pte Francis enlisted on 12 April 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Berrima on 28 June 1915. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 30 July 1916. His brother 1537 Pte Frank Lindsay Francis who also served with the 21st Battalion, was killed at Pozieres on the same day..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Herald (Melbourne, Vic) 17 October 1916.

TWO BROTHERS KILLED ON THE SAME DAY IN FRANCE

Comrades in civil life- in arms, and now in death- so runs the patriotic life story of two sons of Mr. and Mrs. G. Francis, of Pleasant Road Upper Hawthorn.

Their lives were closely intertwined. Both were employees of Messrs. D. and AV. Chandler Proprietary Limited, of Brunswick Street, Fitzroy; both left for the front on the same day June 28 1915, with the First reinforcements 21st Battalion, 6th Brigade; both were on the torpedoed Southland; both were at the Gallipoli evacuation; both were killed on July 30 last. They were in the same machine gun section, having been transferred from the Infantry. Private E. J. (Ted) Francis was a member of the-Fitzroy Cricket Club, and gave promise as a left-hand bowler. In letters written a week before their death both said they were eager to meet the enemy, realizing that such was their mission. They added that as true Australians and Britons they intended "to see the job through."

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