SPONG, Cecil Brookes
| Service Number: | 3443 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1916, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Kentish Town, London, England, 29 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Windsor Grammar School, NSW |
| Occupation: | Bank Manager |
| Died: | Killed by machine gun sniper GSW head, France, 5 April 1918, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Sydney | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3443, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3443, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3443, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3443, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Dernancourt/Ancre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Cecil Brookes SPONG was born on 29th January, 1881 at 45 Countess Road, Kentish Town, London
His parents were Walter Brookes SPONG and Elizabeth TWEDDELL who married in Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1871
The family came to Australia from London in February 1888 on the ship Austral.
Cecil married Nita Maude MILLER on 20th August, 1911 in the Church of England church at Koorawatha, NSW - Nita died in 1940 in Sydney
They had one son , Keith Brookes SPONG born 1912 in Queensland
Cecil enlisted in Sydney on 29th November, 1916 & embarked with the 45th Infantry Battalion, 9th reinforcements on 24th January, 1917 on the HMAT Anchises
He was wounded in action on 30th September 1917 & was Killed in Action on 5th April, 1918 by a machine gun sniper - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, The Villers Bretonneux Memorial and the Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 - he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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