Service Details
Name:
 FRANCIS
Given Name:
 JOSEPH WORRAL
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 6702
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 12th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-03-08
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Lumi River
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Worrall Francis, of "Mirembe," Church St., Wynberg, Cape Province. Joseph Worral Francis had been a carriage painter on the South African Railways before enlisting at Cape Town on 8 December 1915. He served with the 12th S.A. Infantry in German East Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 TAVETA MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 X. A. 6.

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