Cecil John Brisbane HUXTABLE

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HUXTABLE, Cecil John Brisbane

Service Number:	6274
Enlisted:	27 June 1916, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Broome, Broome, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Chaffeur
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XXV, Row H, Grave 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour, Broome War Memorial (New), Pinjarra War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6274, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6274, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6274, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6274 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography

Cecil John Brisbane HUXTABLE was born in Sydney NSW in 1889

His parents were John Perrin HUXTABLE and Gertrude Isabel HORSELL - they married on 3rd November 1879 at the residence of Robert Horsell in Adelaide, South Australia

He enlisted on 27th June 1916 with the Australian Army - he was with the 28th Battalion, 18th Reinforcements - Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on board HMAT Persic on 29th December, 1916

Cecil was Killed in Action on 4th October 1917 - he is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery & also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial

He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal

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Albany Advertiser - Western Australia - 5th October 1918

HUXTABLE.- In loving memory of Sergeant Cecil Huxtable of the AIF who was killed in action whilst fighting in France on October 4, 1917

"He died a hero"

Inserted by his Brother & sister in Law, Mr. & Mrs. R. Huxtable and family, Albany , WA.

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