GREENWOOD, Cyril Stanley
| Service Number: | 881 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 22 December 1898 |
| Home Town: | Jumbuk, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 September 1970, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Yinnar Jumbuk State School No 3349 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 881, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 881, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 881, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 881, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 881 | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 881 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Cyril Stanley Greenwood was the 10th of 13 children of John Joseph Greenwood and Sarah Ann Craker. Two of Cyril's brothers - Arthur George and Frederick William also served in the AIF in WWI.
Cyril was a Farm Hand in Gippsland, Victoria when he enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne, Victoria on 28 February 1916. He was Wounded in Action in France on two occasions, and following his Discharge on 28 August 1919, Cyril returned to Gippsland, Victoria, married and initially farmed at Morwell, before working as a Labourer in Gippsland,
By 1943 Cyril had moved to Melbourne, Victoria where he was employed as a Lift Attnedant