Cecil Gordon LINDSAY

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LINDSAY, Cecil Gordon

Service Number:	4726
Enlisted:	26 November 1915, Casula, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Trangie, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1892
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Trangie Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Potter/Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Lagnicourt, France, 15 April 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4726, Casula, New South Wales
13 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4726, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4726, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4726, 20th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...4726 Private Cecil Gordon Lindsay, 20th Battalion, of Redfern, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting in November 1915, Pte Lindsay embarked from Sydney with the 12th Reinforcements on board HMAT Ceramic (HMAT) on 13 April 1916. He was killed in action at Lagnicourt, France, on 15 April 1917. Pte Lindsay was 25 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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