The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Trooper William Francis |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: William Cornnelius Francis
Ancestor's date of birth: 1879
Ancestor's date of death: 1947
Cause of Death: Not Stated
Service Number: 1653
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Cowra
Unit: 3rd Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 01/01/19
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War Service
Murray Page: 180
Contingent: Second Australian Contingent
Ship: Manhattan, Date of Sailing: 03/04/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: QSA Clasp 1902
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Unit did not see active service. Upon peace being concluded the Battalion returned to Durban and on the 11th July 1902 and embarked for Australia on the Transport Drayton Grange
Service and life after the Boer War: A railway worker in civilian life,worked around NSW including Cobar,but home was always Cowra NSW.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Anne Conlon, Croydon NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Niece
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