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TOWNSEND, Francis
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 691, 691A |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 691, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 691, 5th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 7 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 691A, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 691A awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-07 |
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