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Francis Geoffrey MANNING

Regimental number12342
Place of birthMaclean, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWool traveller
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.8
Height5' 9"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, Francis Manning, Commercial Hotel, Cootamundra, New South Wales.
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date21 March 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Unit name1st Anzac Mounted Division, 2nd Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Malwa on 8 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Mounted Divisional Train
FateReturned to Australia 22 July 1919
Discharge date13 October 1919
Other details

War service: embarked Sydney on board HMAT 'Malwa', 22 July 1916; disembarked Suez, 25 August 1916, and marched in to Isolation Camp.

Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 23 September 1916; transferred to Australian Army Service Corps, and taken on strength of AASC Details, 8 December 1916.

Taken on strength of 4th Light Horse Brigade Supply Section, Ferry Post, 8 March 1917.

Reverted to Private at own request, 25 June 1917.

Transferred to Headquarters, Army Service Corps, Anzac Mounted Division, 19 July 1917.

Attached for duty to 27th Depot Unit of Supply, 9 October 1917; transferred to Corps Troop Supplies, Desert Mounted Corps, 16 October 1917.

Appointed Corporal, 16 October 1917.

Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 11 July 1918 (malaria); transferred to Rest Camp, Port Said, 8 August 1918; marched in to AASC Training Unit, 15 August 1918.

Taken on strength, Australian Divisional Train, 22 August 1918; taken on strength, 38th Company, in the field, 29 August 1918.

Promoted Sergeant, 1 September 1918.

Attached to Corps Troops Supply Details, 24 November 1918.

Marched in to 38th Company from Aleppo, 23 June 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Morvada', 22 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 28 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 13 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MANNING Francis Geoffrey

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