217567 Sgt. Francis Lister Godlee Australian Imperial Force 3rd Light Horse Regiment from:Australia Francis Lister Godlee was born in 1890 at Sliding Rock, South Australia. He worked as a baker before the First World War. Godlee enlisted at Morphetville, South Australia on 26th August 1914. He departed Adelaide aboard HMAT Port Lincoln on 22nd October 1914, with the ship also carrying the unit's horses. After training in Egypt, Godlee served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, first at Gallipoli and then as part of the Western Frontier Force in Egypt. He served for the duration of the war and returned to Australia aboard SS Port Darwin, disembarking on 25th December 1918. Francis Godlee was discharged from the AIF on 23rd February 1919 and died in 1963.
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