Arthur Edward FRANCIS

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Service Number:	PM2337
Enlisted:	16 October 1939
Last Rank:	Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Brisbane (I)
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 24 October 1921
Home Town:	Brighton East, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	nil
Died:	Exhaustion, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 24 February 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot D, Row D, Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Signalman, PM2337
16 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2337
23 Dec 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, HMAS Brisbane (I)
Date unknown:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2337

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