Cyril Gilmore WELLINGTON

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WELLINGTON, Cyril Gilmore

Service Numbers:	6913, S65900
Enlisted:	9 April 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	8th Field Ambulance
Born:	Yongala, South Australia, 26 March 1896
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 31 July 1964, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 29, Grave 949
Memorials:	Sydney Reserve Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank) Honor Roll WW1, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Unley Wayville Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 6913, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 6913, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

9 Apr 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, S65900
9 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Keswick, SA
9 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S65900
27 Nov 1945:	Discharged

Role at the Battle of Polygon Wood.

Cyril Gilmore Wellington is mentioned in C.E.W. Bean's official War History Vol 4, page 807.
At noon the 6oth were sighted, and a message arrived from Colonel Marshall, "Hang on at all costs." At 12.30 a company of the 60th arrived, coming at a steady double. Its leader, Lieutenant Cahill, was wounded, but Lieutenant Wellington, hearing from Boyd of the attack order, lined his men in readiness on the right flank........At 2.30, as ordered, Lieutenant Wellington's line began to advance from shell-hole to shell-hole, covered by Gamble's trench-mortars, driving back the Germans.

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