Soldier profiles
Name : THORNTON, FRANCIS ANGUS
Service Number : WX14189
Date of Birth : 13/02/1910
Place of Birth : GWALIA, WA
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 11/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : GWALIA, WA
Place of Enlistment : CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin : THORNTON, MARY
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Discharged : 19/12/1945
Date Died : 24/06/1988
Age at Death : 78
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : KARRAKATTA CEMETERY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. AREA LAWN. SECTION B. GRAVESITE 0355.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6469975 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Late of Mandurah, Western Australia.
