Francis John MYCOCK

MYCOCK, Francis John

Service Number: QX10861
Enlisted: 20 July 1940
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 18 April 1913
Home Town: Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Pharmaceutical Chemist
Died: Killed in Action, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial), Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement QX10861
20 Jul 1940: Enlisted Staff Sergeant, QX10861, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, Maryborough, Qld.
20 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, QX10861, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
14 May 1943: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Francis and Mary Elizabeth Mycock, of Maryborough, Queensland

THE ILL-FATED CENTAUR
CANBERRA. May 19.—All military personnel aboard the Centaur were members of the Army Medical Corps. This assurance was given to-night by Mr. Curtin, who announced the  receipt of the following message from London, from tbe Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs: "My colleagues and I are greatly shocked at the sinking of the Centaur. Please  accept my deepest sympathy with Australia in this tragic loss of life."
A message from New Zealand stated the people there were greatly shocked at the inhuman, diabolical, and wanton act.

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