Background
Woolfley, Francis Augustus was born on April 30, 1893 in New Orleans. Son of Franklin Flanders and Mary Florence (Kessler) Woolfley.
Woolfley, Francis Augustus was born on April 30, 1893 in New Orleans. Son of Franklin Flanders and Mary Florence (Kessler) Woolfley.
Graduate Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1926. Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1935, Army War College, Washington, 1938, Chemical Warfare School, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland., 1938.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, 1917, advanced through grades to brigadier general, 1943, infantry advisor to Turkish Army and chief of staff United States Army Group, Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey, Ankara, 1949-1952, retired, 1953. Director Louisiana Civil Defense Agency, 1953-1956. Assistant adjutant general, director Louisiana Civil Defense and director Office Emergency Planning for Louisiana, 1960-1964.
Member Sons of the American Revolution (past president Louisiana Society), Society Colonial Wars, Society War 1812 (deputy president general), Military Order World Wars (past commander), American Legion, Civil War Round Table New Orleans (past president), Thackery Society, Military Order Foreign Wars, Royal Society Saint George. Club: Pendennis (New Orleans).
Married Rosalie Elizabeth Dufour, June 16, 1920. Children– Francis Augustus, Rosalie Elizabeth (Mistress Allen Henry Johness), Horace Louis Dufour.