Cecil Grant PALMER

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PALMER, Cecil Grant

Service Number:	WX2749
Enlisted:	15 May 1940
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 10 October 1914
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Officer
Died:	Booragoon, Perth, Western Australia, 12 December 1997, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

15 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX2749, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX2749, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Middle East - Syrian Campaign (Latani River)
16 Feb 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX2749, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, ex Suez per De France
14 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX2749, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, ex Brisbane to Port Moresby
16 Mar 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX2749, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, emplaned Port Moresby to Townsville
17 Jan 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX2749, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

A Bank Officer with the Bank of NSW, Cecil Jnr was the second of four children of Cecil George Palmer (b1887 in Leicestershire, England) and Valentine Grant Carter (b1890 in New Zealand). Cecil Snr (a Teacher) and Valentine married in Fremantle WA in 1911 and lived in Claremont, Perth and Northam where Cecil was a Teacher. Cecil died in 1928 and Valentine settled in Claremont to raise her sons.

Cecil had worked in Carnarvon WA as a Bank Officer and was in Claremont living with his mother and siblings when he enlisted in the Army in May 1940 (Sergeant; Service No:WX2749). Cecil was attached to 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, promoted to Staff Sergeant and served in the Middle East (Syrian Campaign - Latani River) and in New Guinea (Owen Stanley and Gona Campaigns). Cecil was Discharged in January 1947. Brother Geoffrey served in the RAAF and was KiA in 1945.

In December 1944 Cecil married Margaret Florence, and the couple settled in Claremont, Fremantle WA where Cecil was a Bank Manager. In 1951 he completed studies at The University of WA. Cecil died in 1997 and Margaret in 2014.

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