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Keith Francis ANDISON (1919 - )
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 Keith Francis ANDISON (1919 - )

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 James Henry (Harry) ANDISON (1877 - 1965) Walter Scott ANDISON



Martha WEST



Eliza FRANCIS (1891 - 1967) James FRANCIS (1856 - 1938) Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909)
Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886)
Elizabeth YOUNG (1856 - 1915) William YOUNG
Theresa JERRARD (1830 - )
b. 13 Jul 1919 at Nundah, Queensland, Australia
m. Living Living or Recently Deceased
Near Relatives of Keith Francis ANDISON (1919 - )
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Walter Scott ANDISON
Grandmother Martha WEST
Grandfather James FRANCIS 29 Aug 1856 Hampton, Middlesex, England 03 Aug 1938 Esk, Queensland, Australia 81
Grandmother Elizabeth YOUNG Oct 1856 Chideock, Dorset, England 24 Mar 1915 Esk, Queensland, Australia 58

Father in Law Arthur Gordon SPANTON
Mother in Law Marion Ethel LINES 24 Jan 1905 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 28 Jan 1989 Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia 84

Father James Henry (Harry) ANDISON 10 Oct 1877 Queensland, Australia 26 Aug 1965 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 87
Mother Eliza FRANCIS 26 Nov 1891 Esk, Queensland, Australia 03 Dec 1967 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 76

Self Keith Francis ANDISON 13 Jul 1919 Nundah, Queensland, Australia

Wife Living or Recently Deceased

Daughter Living or Recently Deceased
Son Living or Recently Deceased
Son Living or Recently Deceased

Brother Allan James ANDISON 16 Oct 1913 Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Brother Owen Francis ANDISON 17 Jul 1921 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Uncle Walter Scott ANDISON 1870 Queensland, Australia
Aunt Florence Martha ANDISON 1872 Queensland, Australia
Uncle Thomas West ANDISON 1875 Queensland, Australia
Aunt Ada Maria FRANCIS 06 Aug 1879 Merton, Surrey, England 10 Sep 1966 Hendra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 87
Uncle Frederick William HIMSTEDT 28 Jun 1869 Queensland, Australia 25 Apr 1954 Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 84
Uncle WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS abt 1880 Merton, Surrey, England 14 Oct 1954 Kumbia, Queensland, Australia 74
Aunt Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER 1883 Borung, Victoria, Australia 04 Jun 1947 Queensland, Australia 64
Aunt Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS 19 Nov 1881 Merton, Surrey, England 13 Aug 1975 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 93
Uncle Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT 19 Aug 1867 Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia 17 Nov 1947 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 80
Aunt Alice FRANCIS 02 Nov 1883 Merton, Surrey, England 01 Feb 1973 Esk, Queensland, Australia 89
Uncle Walter Herbert HIMSTEDT 18 Nov 1879 Esk, Queensland, Australia 28 Jul 1953 Esk, Queensland, Australia 73
Uncle George FRANCIS 03 Oct 1885 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia 11 Sep 1986 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 100
Aunt Harriet May TAYLOR 07 May 1894 Esk, Queensland, Australia 05 Sep 1959 Kumbia, Queensland, Australia 65
Aunt Mary Amelia MUSCH 11 Sep 1903 Queensland, Australia 29 Apr 1981 Buderim, Queensland, Australia 77
Uncle James FRANCIS 16 Sep 1887 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia 22 Jan 1959 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 71
Aunt Elsie Winifred FRANCIS 21 Oct 1900 Wimbledon, Surrey, England 24 Aug 1998 Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 97
Uncle Charles FRANCIS 09 Mar 1890 Esk, Queensland, Australia 28 Mar 1991 Esk, Queensland, Australia 101
Aunt Elsie Rose TAYLOR 01 Dec 1895 Biarra, Queensland, Australia 16 Sep 1965 Biarra, Queensland, Australia 69
Uncle Frank FRANCIS 14 Sep 1893 Esk, Queensland, Australia 12 Aug 1973 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 79
Aunt Ethel Mary CRISP 26 Jan 1897 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 22 Apr 1973 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 76

Cousin Alice Elizabeth HIMSTEDT 12 Dec 1901 Esk, Queensland, Australia 21 Jul 1960 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 58
Cousin William Frederick HIMSTEDT 22 Jan 1903 Esk, Queensland, Australia 21 Mar 1907 Esk, Queensland, Australia 4
Cousin Charles Walter HIMSTEDT 13 Jun 1906 Moore, Queensland, Australia 11 Aug 2001 Yarraman, Queensland, Australia 95
Cousin Ernest Stuart HIMSTEDT 29 Oct 1908 Esk, Queensland, Australia 14 Dec 1912 Yarraman, Queensland, Australia 4
Cousin Alexander Mervyn HIMSTEDT 23 Dec 1910 Esk, Queensland, Australia Jun 1950 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 39
Cousin Cora Sylvia HIMSTEDT 09 May 1916 Esk, Queensland, Australia 30 May 1996 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 80
Cousin Arthur Cedric HIMSTEDT 30 May 1919 Yarraman, Queensland, Australia 07 May 1922 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2
Cousin Albert James HIMSTEDT 11 Jan 1903 Esk, Queensland, Australia 06 Aug 1997 Esk, Queensland, Australia 94
Cousin Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT 21 Oct 1904 Esk, Queensland, Australia 09 Jul 1907 Esk, Queensland, Australia 2
Cousin George Edward HIMSTEDT 19 May 1906 Esk, Queensland, Australia 10 Nov 1970 Mt Thompson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 64
Cousin Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT 02 Jan 1908 Esk, Queensland, Australia 25 May 1925 Esk, Queensland, Australia 17
Cousin Robert Victor HIMSTEDT 16 Apr 1913 Esk, Queensland, Australia 31 Aug 1966 Nambour, Queensland, Australia 53
Cousin Norman Arthur HIMSTEDT 11 Oct 1906 Esk, Queensland, Australia 20 Nov 1993 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Herbert Walter HIMSTEDT 14 Feb 1908 Esk, Queensland, Australia 10 Mar 1996 Esk, Queensland, Australia 88
Cousin Ivy Lillian HIMSTEDT 22 Aug 1909 Esk, Queensland, Australia 12 Aug 1983 Esk, Queensland, Australia 73
Cousin George Leslie FRANCIS 29 Sep 1915 Kumbia, Queensland, Australia 29 Sep 1915 Kumbia, Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Alwyn FRANCIS 25 Oct 1916 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 31 Mar 2002 85
Cousin Leslie FRANCIS 15 Jun 1918 Esk, Queensland, Australia 17 Dec 1998 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 80
Cousin Muriel Joyce FRANCIS 19 Apr 1920 Esk, Queensland, Australia 09 Apr 2005 Caboolture, Queensland, Australia 84
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS 08 Jul 1917 Kumbia, Queensland, Australia 12 Mar 1997 Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia 79
Cousin Ronald James FRANCIS 11 Feb 1922 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Esme Elizabeth FRANCIS 15 Dec 1915 Biarra, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Stanley Charles FRANCIS 07 Jan 1919 Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia 06 Mar 1998 79
Cousin Ernest James FRANCIS 16 Aug 1920 Esk, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Elsie Phyllis FRANCIS 17 Aug 1924 Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Lawrence FRANCIS Sep 1919 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 27 Nov 1920 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 1
Cousin Lewis Jack FRANCIS 13 Mar 1921 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 15 Nov 1979 58
Cousin Maude FRANCIS 07 May 1923 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased

Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law Marjorie Elizabeth ARNOLD 11 Apr 1915 Wellington, New South Wales, Australia 22 Jul 1989 Mornington, Victoria, Australia 74
Sister in Law Margaret Barnes BULL 18 Nov 1920 Cooroy, Queensland, Australia 07 Feb 1998 Caloundra, Queensland, Australia 77
Events in Keith Francis ANDISON (1919 - )'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
13 Jul 1919 Keith Francis ANDISON was born Nundah, Queensland, Australia 17
26 Aug 1965 46 Death of father James Henry (Harry) ANDISON (aged 87) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
03 Dec 1967 48 Death of mother Eliza FRANCIS (aged 76) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 18
Personal Notes:
Keith was born the middle child of the family of three sons of Harry and Eliza and was brought up at the Andison family home at Northgate in Brisbane. He received his primary education at Virginia State School, and his secondary at Brisbane Boys Grammar School.

Early in 1935, whilst awaiting an appointment to the Queensland Public Service, he worked one month in the Accounts Section ofthe Australian General Electric Company in Brisbane. Keith's appointment to the Public Service Commissioner's Department in Brisbane followed and four years later he decided a change was needed and accepted a position with the Brisbane office of the wool broking company, Winchcombe Carson Ltd. This company in addition to wool, sold livestock, grazing and farming properties, machinery, rural products, insurance, etc. and also provided rural finance to its clients. After about six months Keith was transferred to the Charleville Branch, then to Cunnamulla and St George.

World War 2 intervened and Keith joined the Army in 1942. After training he served in the Intelligence Section of the 30th Battalion (AlF), seeing active service in New Guinea in several operational areas. In September 1945, at the end of hostilities, he, with several thousand other servicemen, witnessed the signing of the surrender by the Japanese in New Guinea on the Wewak Airstrip. This was followed by further service at Rabaul, New Britain, from where the Japanese Army was gradually returned to Japan as shipping became available. The Australian Army was gradually reduced to peacetime requirements and in May 1946, Sergeant KF Andison returned to Australia and was discharged from the Army at Redbank, Brisbane in June.

In July he resumed civilian employment with Winchcombe Carson Ltd at St George. In July 1951 he was transferred to the company's Miles Branch, to Longreach in September 1952 and was appointed Manager at Emerald in November 1953. This was followed by an appointment as Manager at Goondiwindi in January 1956 and a transfer to Brisbane in January 1967 as Branch Finance Manager. Keith retired in September 1980 as Area Finance Supervisor in the, by then, merged company Dalgety Winchcombes, 41 years after joining Winchcombe Carson Ltd, concluding a very interesting and enjoyable working life in the Pastoral and Agricultural life of Queensland.

Keith's sporting interests included playing cricket and tennis and, whilst in St George after the war, he was also active in Tennis administration, being an organiser of the South Western Queensland Tennis Championships and the Balonne Tennis Championships. He also actively participated in various community organisations wherever he lived, including Junior Chamber of Commerce, Ambulance Committee, Rotary and various Church Committees.

Keith met Jill Spanton in 1956 when he transferred to Goondiwindi and they were married in September 1959. Their three children were born in Goondiwindi. When Keith was transferred from Goondiwindi to Brisbane in 1967, they purchased a home at Chermside West, where they still reside.

During retirement Keith became interested in Family History and researched and recorded details of the families of both his parents, Andison and Francis, and assisted other Francis relatives in organising several Francis Family Reunions which commenced in 1984.
Source References:
17. Type: Book, Abbr: Francis 2000, Title: Francis 2000, Auth: Warwick & Kate Francis, Date: 2000
- Reference = 62 (Marriage)
- Reference = 61 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 62 (Birth)
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