Francis Hilary Lord (1910 - 1942)

Born 2 Jan 1910 in Mount Magnet, Western Australia, Australia

Died 1 Jul 1942 at age 32 in At Sea

Biography

Francis Lord was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Francis Lord died as a prisoner of war on the Montevideo Maru during the Second World War.

Francis was born in 1910 at Mt Magnet, Western Australia.

He enlisted in the Australian Army (Militia) on 27 Apr 1937 at Newcastle, NSW as a Private (267257). At the time he was single and a clerk with Peters American Delicacy Co in Newcastle. He was 6ft & 1/4 in tall. He was allocated to 2nd/35th Bn, "D" Coy. On 01 Jul 1937 he was appointed L/Cpl. He was transferred to 17th Bn on 01 Jan 1938.

On 03 Jun 1939 he married Marie Holman Richards at Wolstonecraft, NSW.^[1]

He then served with 1 RA Bde as N313898 for a time before enlisting for overseas service as NX31037 on 08 Jun 1940 in Sydney. He was allocated to the Australian Army Service Corps. He was a cost clerk and storeman and was married to Marie. He was appointed A/Cpl on 01 Jul 1940 and A/Sgt on 14 Nov 1940. He disembarked in Rabaul in the Territory of New Guinea from the HMT Katoomba as a member of 8 Div Supply Column.

When the Japanese invaded New Britain in Jan 1942 and was captured at the Wide Bay Coast and became a prisoner of War. He died on board the "Montevideo Maru" when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942 en route from Rabaul to Hainan where he was destined for forced labour.

Sources

1. ↑ WEDDINGS (1939, June 15). Yass Tribune-Courier (NSW : 1929 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved September 21, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249570623

• Birth - Western Australia BDM Birth index - Lord Francis H; Male; Murchison; 23 1910

• Marriage - NSW BDM Marriage index - 10609/1939; LORD FRANCIS HILARY; RICHARDS MARIE HOLMAN; NORTH SYDNEY

• Australian Army Service record - National Archives of Australia - LORD FRANCIS HILARY : Service Number - NX31037 : Date of birth - 02 Jan 1910 : Place of birth - MT MAGNET WA : Place of enlistment - PADDINGTON NSW : Next of Kin - LORD MARIE - http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=4859167

• Roll of Honour - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1683990

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2615925/francis-hilary-lord/

• Probate Notice - Advertising (1946, January 17). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved September 21, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17967532