In Memory Of

FRANCIS, JOSEPH WORRAL

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 6702
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 12th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-03-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Lumi River
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 X. A. 6.
Cemetery:
 TAVETA MILITARY CEMETERY
Country:
 Kenya
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.