Service number | S3074 |
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Ranks Held | Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel |
Birth Date | 1887-01-09 |
Birth Place | Australia: South Australia, Blyth |
Death Date | 1944-09-16 |
Death Place | Australia |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
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Lieutenant Colonel Francis Mayfield Best
Rolls
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2 Australian Technical Training Centre (Schools)
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
Date of birth | 09 January 1887 | Blyth Plains, SA |
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Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 31 May 1916 | |
WW1 Service 1 | 31 May 1916 | enlisted AIF ENGR |
Date commissioned | 01 April 1917 | |
WW1 Service 2 | 01 April 1917 | 2lieutenant |
Date of embarkation | 08 August 1917 | |
WW1 Service 3 | 17 March 1918 | lieutenant 5thDivisionEngr |
Interwar Service 1 | 01 January 1920 | lieutenant Reserve of Officers |
WW1 Service 4 | 14 February 1920 | demobilised |
Interwar Service 2 | 27 May 1926 | captain AE |
Interwar Service 3 | 01 December 1928 | major |
Interwar Service 4 | 22 August 1930 | 3 Light Horse |
Interwar Service 5 | 01 May 1934 | lieutenant colonel commanding officer 27th battalion |
Appointment | 1934-05-01 - 1940-02-19 | Battalion: 27th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Reason for end of appointment: age |
Career summary 2 | 01 February 1940 | Retired List |
Career summary 3 | 25 August 1941 | seconded RAE(M) |
Career summary 4 | 25 August 1941 | full time duty Headquarters 4MD |
Career summary 5 | 25 August 1941 | chief instructor MT Training School (3MD) |
Career summary 6 | 31 December 1943 | chief instructor 2 Tech Training School (Headquarters Vic) |
Career summary 7 | 30 July 1944 | attached 2 Aust Tech Training School (SA) |
Career summary 8 | 19 August 1944 | medical administering Hosp from leave |
Career summary 9 | 16 September 1944 | Died of illness (carcinoma of bladder) |
Date of death | 16 September 1944 | |
Career summary 1 | commanding officer 27th battalion | |
Career summary 10 | *** NO ACTIVE SERVICE *** |