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Simeon Richard FRANCISCO

Regimental number3042
Place of birthMiddle Creek, Victoria
SchoolBoomi Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationContractor
AddressNekarboo, Boomi, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, D Francisco, Nekarboo, Boomi, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingSupposed to be Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium (Missing not found)
Age at death24.7
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIX, Row E, Grave No. 20), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Domingos and Margaret FRANCISCO, Nekarboo, Boomi, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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