When FRANZenlisted for ww1 he was 19 years old (DOB 9/4/1896)
He described HELEN as his "adoptive mother " and Next of Kin.
His father, he said, is German and had left the country.
In 1963 FRANZ was living in Brisbane and has perhaps changed his name to FRANK.
The digitised file contains a note of Consent from Helen for her adopted son to enlist.
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