Norman Phillip FRANCIS

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FRANCIS, Norman Phillip

Service Number:	5020
Enlisted:	4 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Laidley, Darling Downs, QLD, 24 August 1893
Home Town:	Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	ipswich, QLD, 18 October 1975, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Laidley Memorial Park Gates

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5020, 26th Infantry Battalion
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5020, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5020, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5020, 26th Infantry Battalion, France: GSW chest
11 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5020, 26th Infantry Battalion, France: GSW right shoulder
15 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
4 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5020, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, per HT Mahir
4 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5020, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Norman Phillip Francis (Service No:5020) enlisted in the AIF on 4 January 1916 and embarked with 26th Infantry Battalion on 4 May 1916 from Brisbane bound for England on board HMAT Seeang Choon A49. Private Francis served in France, where he was WiA on two occasions - 14 November 1916 (GSW to chest), and 11 April 1918 (GSW right shoulder) - and was invalided to England on both occasions. Private Francis transferred to 2nd Machine Gun Battalion as a Driver on 15 September 1918 and was a Private attached to 2nd Machine Gun Battalion when he embarked for the RTA on 4 June 1919 on board HT Mahir. Private Francis was Discharged on 4 September 1919.

Fourth of nine children, Norman was born in 1893 in Laidley, QLD to Jacob Francis (b1862 in Wagga Wagga, NSW) and Elizabeth (Annie) Ann McBean (b1864 in Ipswich, QLD). Jacob and Annie married in 1885 in Ipswich, QLD and lived in Ipswich, Ma Ma Creek, Grandchester, Roma and Laidley where James was a Blacksmith.

Norman worked as a Carpenter and Cabinetmaker in Laidley, QLD where in 1923 he married Christina Elliott Gardner (b1895 in Roxburghshire, Scotland) - Christina had immigrated in 1913 with her parents and siblings, arriving in Rockhampton, QLD on board the Shropshire and settling in Laidley, QLD.

Norman and Christina settled in Ipswich, QLD where Norman worked as a Coachbuilder for QGR. He served in WWII (Lieutenant; Service No:Q227518). Christina died in 1961 and Norman in 1975.

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