ATWELL, Cyril James
| Service Number: | V225964 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Rainbow, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Rainbow, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 1 July 1991, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cobden Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V225964 | |
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| 30 Sep 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V225964 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Trooper Cyril James Atwell (Service No:V225964) enlisted in the ACMF on 22 December 1941 and was attached to AASC Training Depot. On 15 September 1944 he was a Driver (Mechanic) at LHQ Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) School Puckapunyal (Matilda Tanks), to which he was attached at Discharge on 30 September 1946. Trooper Atwell was the youngest of six brothers (Maurice, Cliff, Harold, Albert and Walter) who served in WWII.
Born in Rainbow, Victoria in 1923, Cyril was tenth of twelve children of George Alfred Atwell (b1884 in Templars, South Australia) and Amy Eleanor Rogers (b1888 in East Cannum, Victoria). George (a Farmer) and Amy married in 1909 in Rainbow, Victoria where they settled and raised their family and George was a Farmer.
Cyril worked as a Farm Labourer in Rainbow before enlisting in the Army, and returned following his Discharge. By 1949 he was a Farmer at Kennedy's Creek in Port Campbell, and in 1952 in Melbourne married Olive May Humphris (b1910 in Albury, NSW) - Olive was working in Melbourne as a Machinist. Cecil and Olive settled at Kennedy's Creek in Cobden where they raised their family and Cecil was a Farmer. Cecil died in 1991 and Olive in 1995.