FRANCIS, Alfred
| Service Number: | 24 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 29 April 1877 |
| Home Town: | Tingalpa, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 5 August 1922, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 2D-263 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 24 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 24, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 24, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
NOK Mrs. B FRANCIS, Boggo Road, South Brisbane, Qld.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Alfred Francis enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. B. Francis, Boggo Rd., South Brisbane. He was recorded under his full name of Alfred James Francis in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 43, where it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. B. Francis, Boggo Rd., South Brisbane.
Alfred James Francis was born on 29 Apr 1877 in Queensland, a son to James Francis and Bridget Francis (nee McLoughlin). He married Lucinda Isabella Drysdale on 13 Dec 1905 at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane and they had 3 children while living in Tingalpa.
(source- AWM Boer War Memorial, Murray p. 510; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 43).