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Francis ANGELO

Regimental number3227
Date of birth5 July 1882
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBlackall, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C. Angelo, 112 Bowen Street, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Place of enlistmentRockhampton, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 June 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt

Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 21 January 1916 (varicose veins); transferred to Dermatological Hospital, 27 January 1916 (soft sore, venereal disease); discharged to duty, 1 March 1916; joined 9th Bn, Serapeum, 23 March 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 30 March 1916, and transferred same day to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia (varicose veins); to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 6 April 1916 (hepatitis); to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 24 April 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Itonus', 10 June 1916; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 22 August 1916.

Re-enlisted 8 February 1918 under false name of Harry CLANFORD

Discharged, 12 March 1918, having been irregularly enlisted.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNext of kin stated to be Madeline Rose HICKSON. Blackhall, CQR, Queensland; added notation on Attestion Form states: Friend, Clarice ANGELO, 112 Bowen Street, Brisbane, Queensland.
Date of death3 October 1930
Place of burialToowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANGELO Francis

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