Cyril James Roy HOODLESS

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HOODLESS, Cyril James Roy

Service Number:	1837
Enlisted:	20 June 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, 26 August 1897
Home Town:	Railton, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Westbury State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Bullecourt, France, 31 May 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, RailtonM1, Sheffield War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1837, Claremont, Tasmania
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1837, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1837, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1837, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion
7 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1837, 9th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Cyril James Roy HOODLESS was born in Westbury, Tasmania on 26th August, 1897

His parents were James Condre HOODLESS & Eva Annie WOODS

He died of wounds in France on 31st May, 1917

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and a memorial headstone in St Johns Church in Railston, Tasmania in honour of Cyril and his brother Arthur who also died of wounds in the Somme on 25th February, 1917

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His brother Arthur Stanley HOODLESS (SN 1872) died of wounds Somme, France 25th February, 1917

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