Cecil Felix YATES

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Service Number:	5911
Enlisted:	19 August 1915, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Plot 8, Zone C, Grave 493. Interred on the 13 February 1948
Memorials:

19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5911, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 5911, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 5911, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
15 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
8 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5911, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gastritis

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Son of Frederick Wlliam Yates and Anastasia Belvedere Yates Sydney Road, Goulburn, NSW formerly of Adelong, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Miltiades disembarking on the 5 July 1917

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Vera Yates nee Tumbers of NSW. Cecil and Vera married in Sydney during 1918c