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Francis Robert STOCKS

Regimental number3855
Place of birthByron Bay, New South Wales
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
AddressByron Bay, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Stocks, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Enlistment date12 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Discharge date3 August 1920 - Brisbane
Other details

Enlisted at Lismore, New South Wales

Served for four years and 359 days (four years and 162 days of which were spent abroad)

War Service: Egypt, Western Front

Held as a prisoner of war in Germany after being shot close to the heart. Returned to England to recouperate

Discharged on medical grounds - multiple gun shot wounds

Died from toxemia and gangrene in the right leg (caused by schrapnel)

Date of death2 July 1971
Place of burialWoronora Cemetery, Sutherland, New South Wales

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