Service: Army – Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Service number: VX119745
Locality on Enlistment: Colac
Duration of Service: 9 Nov 1942 – 1 Oct 1945
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Date and Place of Birth: 8 Nov 1921 Colac
Parents: Harold BALLAGH and Ellen Frances CARVER
Spouse: Valerie Pearl LEE
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Date and Place of Death: 6 July 1965
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NOTES: Francis and his brother Hamilton both served in the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) which undertook civil tasks of maintaining law and medical services in areas not occupied by the Japanese and was responsible to New Guinea Force. The major responsibility of the unit was to organize the resources of land and labour for the war effort. Also responsible for recruiting, organising and supervising local labour for the Australian and American armed forces in New Guinea included rehabilitation of the local inhabitants in reoccupied areas. It was also responsible for the administration of the Pacific Islands Regiment. The ANGAU officers and their New Guinean carriers, labourers, scouts, guides and police were highly regarded by the American and Australian military. Wikipedia