FRANCIS, Algernon Cedric
| Service Number: | 4435 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 13 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane & Maryborough Grammar Schools & Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 14 November 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot III, Row F, Grave 6, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1, Gatton Agricultural College HR, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4435, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4435, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4435, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Queensland | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4435, 25th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Algernon Cedric FRANCIS was born on 13th December, 1895 in Cunnamulla, Queensland
His parents were Christopher FRANCIS & Emilie Jane EVERETT who married on 27th December, 1870 in the Church of All Saints, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane - he was one of 13 known children
He had previously served in the School Cadets and the Citizens Military Forces before he enlisted on 30th November, 1915 & embarked from Queensland with the 25th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements on the HMAT Star of Victoria on 30th March, 1916
Algernon was Killed in Action at Flers, France on 14th November, 1916 - he was buried in an isolated grave and later reinterred in the Warlencourt British Cemetery, Plot III, Row F, Grave 6
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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His brother Wilfred Everettt FRANCIS (SN 164) served in the Boer War & afterwards stayed in South Africa
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private Algernon Cedric Francis, who was killed in action In France on the 14th of November, sayB the Sydney ' Daily Telegraph,' was the youngest son of the late Mr. Christopher Francis, Police Magistrate, of Queensland, and was educated at the Maryborough and Brisbane gramnar schools. He afterwards went through the course of the Gatton Agricultural College, Brisbane. His brother, Wilfrid Everett Francis, who has been fighting with General Smuts in German East Africa, has just been invalided home and got his discharge, as unfit for further service. Mrs. Francis, resides in Brisbane.
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