Regimental number 325
Place of birth Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
School Moggill State School, Queensland
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Lydia Christensen, Moggill via Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date 23 February 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name Machine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/12/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Given name on RoHc as Francis Gilbert
Fate Died of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or wounding France
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 178
Family/military connections He was first cousin to Percy Norman Smith, who was killed in action in France
Service Number: 325
Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane Queensland.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 7th Machine Gun Company
Born: Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia , 29 January 1893
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Moggill State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Shire of Moggill War Memorial
Place of birth Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
School Moggill State School, Queensland
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Lydia Christensen, Moggill via Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date 23 February 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name Machine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/12/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Given name on RoHc as Francis Gilbert
Fate Died of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or wounding France
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 178
Family/military connections He was first cousin to Percy Norman Smith, who was killed in action in France
Service Number: 325
Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane Queensland.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 7th Machine Gun Company
Born: Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia , 29 January 1893
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Moggill State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Shire of Moggill War Memorial
Regimental number 325
Place of birth Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
School Moggill State School, Queensland
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Lydia Christensen, Moggill via Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date 23 February 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name Machine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/12/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Given name on RoHc as Francis Gilbert
Fate Died of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or wounding France
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 178
Family/military connections He was first cousin to Percy Norman Smith, who was killed in action in France
Service Number: 325
Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane Queensland.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 7th Machine Gun Company
Born: Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia , 29 January 1893
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Moggill State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Shire of Moggill War Memorial
Place of birth Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
School Moggill State School, Queensland
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Lydia Christensen, Moggill via Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date 23 February 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name Machine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/12/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Given name on RoHc as Francis Gilbert
Fate Died of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or wounding France
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 178
Family/military connections He was first cousin to Percy Norman Smith, who was killed in action in France
Service Number: 325
Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane Queensland.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 7th Machine Gun Company
Born: Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia , 29 January 1893
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Moggill State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Shire of Moggill War Memorial
Gravesite Details
325. 11th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 4th October 1917. Age 24. Son of Hercules Thomas and Lydia Jenkins
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