MARJASON, Cecil Green
| Service Number: | 2961 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1916, Kiama, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 23 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Hurstville Public School, Fort Street High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 8 November 1974, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2961, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Kiama, NSW | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2961, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2961, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 2961, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CECIL GREEN MARJASON, son of Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Mary Jane Marjason, was born at Hurstville, New South Wales, on 23rd October, 1891. He was educated at the Hurstville Public School and Fort Street High School, and joined the service of the Bank at Head Office on 22nd November, 1910. His subsequent appointments were to Townsville in 1912, Hughenden in October, 1915, and Atherton in December, 1915.
He enlisted on 3rd July, 1916, and embarked for service abroad in the November of that year. He served in France from March, 1917, to May, 1918, and took part in the Battles of Bullecourt, Messines and Passchendaele in 1917, and Dernancourt, Villers-Bretonneux and Hamel in 1918, finally taking part in the great offensive beginning on 8th August.
On 1st October, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of corporal and lance-sergeant.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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