Norman Phillip FRANCIS

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FRANCIS, Norman Phillip

Service Number:	Q227518
Enlisted:	5 April 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 24 August 1893
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coachbuilder
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 18 October 1975, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

5 Apr 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, Q227518, Page missing from Enlistment Register
5 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
5 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q227518, 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
22 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q227518
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q227518, 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Lieutenant Norman Phillip Francis (Service No:Q227518) served with 9 (QLD) Battalion VDC from 5 April 1942 to 22 October 1945. He had served in France in WWI (Private; Service No:5020).

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

Norman worked as a Carpenter and Cabinetmaker in Laidley QLD prior to WWI, and in 1921 in Laidley he married Christina Elliott Gardner (b1895 in Roxburghshire, Scotland) - Christina immigrated with her parents and siblings in 1913, arriving in Rockhampton, QLD on board the Shropshire and settling in Laidley, QLD. Norman and Christina settled in Ipswich QLD, where Norman was a Coachbuilder for WAGR. Christina died in 1961 and Norman in 1975.

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