Francis Samuel Dean (SN 111) born in Ballarat was a 39 year old traveller when he enlisted in Melbourne on February 19th 1915. From the start he found it hard to adapt to military discipline, and on March 23rd he was charged with ‘refusing to obey the order of a superior officer’. He left Australia aboard the Ionian in early September, and served at Gallipoli with the 23rd Battalion. After Gallipoli he was posted to the 59th Battalion where his clashes with authority continued to the point he faced a General Court Martial in June 1916. The result was a sentence of 12 months imprisonment with hard labour, served partly in Egypt before he was returned to Australia aboard the Ascanius. After his release from Geelong Prison he returned to France in July 1917 to serve with the 24th Battalion. On March 22nd 1918 he was wounded in action (gassed). Minor brushes with the authorities continued as his health declined. He was returned to Australia in January 1919 at the age of 43, and discharged on February 16th ‘age and chronic rheumatism’ .