Cyril Samuel WILLMOTT

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WILLMOTT, Cyril Samuel

Service Numbers:	2439, 2439A
Enlisted:	14 April 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 1899
Home Town:	St. Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Arnaud State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Baker's apprentice
Died:	Pneumonia, 1st Midlands Casualty Clearing Station, France, 5 February 1917
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row A, Grave 7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St. Arnaud High School House Captains Memorial, St. Arnaud High School Roll of Honour WWI

World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2439, Melbourne, Victoria
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2439, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2439, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion
5 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2439A, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2439A awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-05

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Cyril Samuel WILLMOTT was born in 1899 in St Arnaud, Victoria

His parents were William WILLMOTT & Elizabeth Jane AVERY - his Father was born in England & his Mother in Black Lead, Ballarat, Victoria and they had married in 1889 in Victoria

He had 12 months previous service with the Senior Cadets before he enlisted on 14th April, 1915 after putting his age up to enlist - he embarked with the 8th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements from Melbourne on board HMAT Demosthenes on 16th July, 1915

Cyril was wounded on the Somme Battlefield where he contracted pneumonia and died on 5th February, 1917 aged 17 years, at the 1st South Midlands Casualty Clearing Station - he is buried in Dermancourt Communal Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

"OUR HERO AT REST"

He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.

His cousin Clifford Stanley George POLKINGHORNE (SN1402) 8th Infantry Battalion was Killed in Action on 25th April, 1915 and Cliffords brother Reginald Clyde POLKINGHORNE (SN1001) of the Australian Army Medical Corps also served and returned to Australia on 29th October, 1918

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Private Cyril S. Willmott, born St. Arnaud, a student at this school, enlisted in 1915. Died of pneumonia 8th February, 1917 after receiving wounds and lying for two days in "No Man's Land" in France.

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