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• Name TOWNSEND
• Initials FF
• First name FRANCIS FREDERICK
• Place of birth Burnie
• Country Tasmania, Australia
• Last residence Burnie, Tasmania
• Family Son of William Henry and Katherine Mary Townsend, of Upper Burnie, Tasmania.
• Profession Prospector

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 10 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
• Service number 2918
• Rank Private
• Medals M M, 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 12th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 27 October 1915, Melbourne; to France 5 April 1916

Death

• Wounded 7 October
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds knee, right leg; N°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 8 October 1917
• Died at the age of 18
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - I - 18

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