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Stanley Charles FRANCIS

Date of birth31 January 1894
Place of birthMillthorpe, New South Wales
SchoolPetersham Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressYoung Street, Albury, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, S C Francis, Young Street, Albury, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant Quartermaster
Unit name5th Field Ambulance, C Section
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/48/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 31 May 1915
From Embarkation Records it is not possible to distinguish exactly which ship members of this unit sailed on. Two ships left from Sydney: the 'Ajana' on 31 May 1915 carrying three officers and 98 men and the 'Ceramic' on 25 June 1915 carrying three officers and 129 men.
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Ambulance
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Bathurst Street, Sydney, branch, 6 April 1910. transferred to Head Office, January 1911; to Albury branch, 1913; to Culcairn branch, December 1913 (Assistant); to Albury branch, March 1914.
FateReturned to Australia 12 November 1916
Discharge date23 March 1917
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 130.

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