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Sergeant Cecil FRANCOMBE 552
Born: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Enlisted: 16-2-1915, Liverpool, New South Wales 19th Battalion Australian Infantry Died: 18-7-1918, France, aged 26years Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Foster son of Elizabeth Mary Francombe Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 88 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.) 17-8-1918
FRANCOMBE.—My dear son, Sergt. Cecil, killed in action July 18, 1918. Enlisted Jan., 1915, p r w.
For how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the honour of his country
And the glory of his God.
The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.) 17-8-1918
FRANCOMBE.-Killed In action, July I8, 1918, Sergeant Cecil Francombe, 652, B Co., 19th Batt.
And when thyself with shining foot shall pass
Where I made one-turn down an empty glass.
Inserted by his loving cousin, Fred Bennett, late 811, C Co., 19th Batt.
FRANCOMBE.—My dear son, Sergt. Cecil, killed in action July 18, 1918. Enlisted Jan., 1915, p r w.
For how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the honour of his country
And the glory of his God.
The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.) 17-8-1918
FRANCOMBE.-Killed In action, July I8, 1918, Sergeant Cecil Francombe, 652, B Co., 19th Batt.
And when thyself with shining foot shall pass
Where I made one-turn down an empty glass.
Inserted by his loving cousin, Fred Bennett, late 811, C Co., 19th Batt.