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FRANCIS, Trevor
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wynnum, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1890 |
Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
Schooling: | Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Engineering student |
Died: | Killed In Action, France, 14 March 1917, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie X X |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Honour Board, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Pictorial Honour Roll, Ipswich Grammar School Great War Honour Roll, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, St Lucia King's College Memorial Tablet, University of Queensland WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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1 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
1 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
3 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
5 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
20 Jul 1916: | Wounded Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW (right forearm at Fleurbaix) | |
11 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
14 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 53rd Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-03-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Vigers Francis and Isobel Francis, of Ipswich, Queensland