Cecil BRADFORD

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Service Number:	4741
Enlisted:	26 November 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, August 1891
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newtown Public School, NSW
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Bomb wound to right arm & abdomen, received in action - died of wounds, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Etaples, France, 21 September 1916
Cemetery:	Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension Plot II, Row L, Grave 14, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

26 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4741
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4741, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4741, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4741, 56th Infantry Battalion, taken on strength at Ferry Post
21 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 4741, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4741 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-21

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