PARK, Cecil Hamilton
| Service Number: | 7288 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915, Was discharged because of medical problems 31/7/1916. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wareham, UK, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Sunbury, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bradfield College, UK |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sunbury War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7288, Was discharged because of medical problems 31/7/1916. | |
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| 11 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7288, 21st Infantry Battalion, Reenlisted after discharge for medical reasons. | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7288, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7288, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 24 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 7288, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7288 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Cecil Hamilton PARK was born in 1875 at Wareham, UK. His parents were Cecil Walgrave Park and Mary Park.
In 1912 he emigrated to Australia from the UK with his wife Dolore Barbara, and 2 children, Maire and Cecil. They disembarked in Melbourne on 14 May 1912 having travelled on the SS Irishman.
In 1915 the family were living in Barkly Street Sunbury and Cecil was working as a farm labourer.
He enlisted in the AIF on 11/8/1915 and went into camp at the Melbourne Showgrounds. While returning to camp he was knocked down by a hansom cab as he alighted from a tram and his left leg was badly broken.He was discharged for the AIF on 31/7/1916 but reenlisted on 11/12/1916.
He was assigned to the 6th Battalion and left Melbourne on 19/2/1917 aboard the HMAT Ballarat.
After training in the UK he was assigned to the 21st Battalion on 1/9/1917.
He went into action at Bullecourt and was badly wounded. He died on 24/9/1917 at the 6th Australian Field Ambulance. He was initially buried at Bettawarde Ridge (2 1/2 miles east of Ypres) but his grave was lost and his body not recovered or identified. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.
Biography contributed by Ross Martin
In 1895, at the age of 20 years, Cecil travelled to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and worked in the tea industry.