DIGBY, Cecil Thomas
| Service Number: | 6451 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1916, Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer (Cheetham Salt Works) |
| Died: | Natural causes (cerebral hemorrhage), Victoria, June 1942 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne CofE, Compartment D, Section 6, Grave 20 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6451, Geelong, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6451, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6451, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 7 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6451, 24th Infantry Battalion |
Military Career
Cecil Thomas Digby boarded the HMAT Hororata on the 23rd of November 1916 with the 24th Battalion. He Remained in the 24th Battalion until his discharge in 1919.
Submitted 21 May 2021 by Hayden Digby
Cecil Digby
Cecil Thomas Digby was born in Geelong around 1889, his mother died when he was young, his father was David Edward DIGBY a carpenter who moved to SA. His grandfather David DIGBY was a police constable who drowned off Anglesea in 1881.
Cecil Digby worked at the Chetham Saltworks both before and after the war. He lived at 12 Park Street East Geelong with his auntie Louise BROCKWELL. His cousin Frederick BROCKWELL served in the 6th battalion AIF.
Cecil never married and died in 1942 and was buried at Springvale cemetery.
Submitted 19 May 2017 by John Digby