Service Number – WX 720.
Rank – Private.
Unit / Division – 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion.
Enlistment Date – 10 November 1939.
Date of Birth- 12 July 1911.
Place of Birth- Broomhill, W. A.
Address on Enlistment – Northam, W.A.
Next of Kin on Enlistment – Father- Patrick Joseph Francis, Mother- Kathleen Francis, both of Katanning, W. A.
KIA / Mortally Wounded –
Date – 7 January 1945.
Place – Lae, Papua New Guinea.
Age at Death – 33.
Burial Location / Commemoration Details – Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea ( Plot PP, Row A, Grave Number 8 ).