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Identity
Person No.
30750
Service No.
79571923PE
Last Name
First Name
Francis
Initials
F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Ellis Park, during Rand Revolt
Additional Information
Notes

Went to St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown from October 1897 to December 1899. In 1901 he joined Cape Peninsular Regiment and after the Boer War entered Civil Service in the Transvaal. Later became a Public Prosecutor at Boksburg. In 1914 he served in Rebellion of 1914 with Enslin's Horse and the campaign of SWA, where he was a trooper with the ILH, and East Africa (Staff Sgt. 1st Mtd. Bde.). He subsequently obtained a commission as a 2nd Lieut. in the KAR.

Citation

LG Sup 7 June 1951 pg. 3097 - "King's birthday"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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