MINER, Cedric Jerome
| Service Number: | 1402 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1914, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cassilis, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | State Schools New South Wales; Newington College, Sydney |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 2 January 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Barraba War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1402, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1402, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1402, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 2 Jan 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1402, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1402 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-01-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CEDRIC JEROME MINER was born at Cassilis, New South Wales, on 19th June, 1892, the son of Mr. Joseph Thomas Miner and Mrs. Eliza Ann Miner.
He was educated at State Schools and Newington College, Sydney. Cedric Miner entered the service of the Bank at the Head Office on 29th April, 1910. He was transferred to Lismore in the following September, and to Nimbin, as assistant, in March, 1912; thence to Barraba, as ledger-keeper, in November, 1913. He enlisted in the A.I.F. on 6th November, 1914, and was allotted to the 4th Battalion as No. 1402. He took part in the Landing at Gallipoli on 25th April, 1915, and served through that campaign until the evacuation, being in action for the whole period, excepting two months spent in hospital.
He went on to France, and was in action there until 2nd January, 1917, when at Flers, while engaged with others in rescuing some men who had been buried by the explosion of an enemy shell, he was killed instantly by another shell which landed about the same spot.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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