Lieutenant Colonel FRANCIS THORNTHWAITE
Service Number: V159753
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Australian Headquarters
A.C.M.F. A.H.Q.
Date of Death
Died 13 August 1940
Age 49 years old
- Country of Service Australian
- Awards Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Three times Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Croix de Guerre (France). Son of William Wright Thornthwaite and Elizabeth Thornthwaite: husband of Inez Thornthwaite, of Derrinallum. Presbyterian.
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