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WALSH, Cecil
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 11988 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Medium Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Box Hill, Melbourne Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot II, Row D, Grave 21 Headstone Inscription "IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DARLING CECIL SO SADLY MISSED", Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11988, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11988, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 11988, 5th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11988 awm_unit: 5th Medium Trench Mortar Battery Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-29 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Native of Box Hill, Victoria. Son of Cornelius and Letitia WALSH, of 279 Ross Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Australia.