Bryan Garnett FRANCIS

FRANCIS, Bryan Garnett

Service Number: SX1194
Enlisted: 3 November 1939, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Millswood, SA, 8 February 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Libya, 15 May 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Adelaide Pathway of Honour - The Rats of Tobruk WW2 Memorial, Adelaide Savings Bank of South Australia Honour Roll WW2, Adelaide The Siege of Tobruk Commemorative Cross, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Nov 1939: Involvement Private, SX1194, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1939: Enlisted Wayville, SA
3 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX1194, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

Bryan Francis

Bryan Garnett Francis had been a bank clerk.
He was born at Millswood, SA on 8/2/1919, the only son of Archibald Roy Francis, a teacher, and Emily Grace Francis (nee Garnett), and had sisters Jean (b.1916), Elma (b.1922) and Patricia (B.1924) (From SAGHS website).
My father, Bert Evans, SX4626, of 6 Recovery Section 2/2 Army Field Workshops, knew Bryan from schooldays (Unley High School), and in a letter home, mentioned going to the 2/10 to catch up with Bryan on 1/1/1941, 6 weeks before Bryan was killed,as both were in the Tobruk area during the siege. (Tobruk Rats).
Bryan is buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya, about 25km west of Tobruk.
Refer also to World War 1 record on this website of Archibald Roy Francis, Bryan's father, who was awarded the Military Cross.
(J. Soroka, Seaton, SA).

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