Cyril James OLD

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Service Number:	4890
Enlisted:	19 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marlborough, Queensland, Australia, 12 March 1896
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Memorials:	Coalstoun Lakes & District Honour Roll, Gayndah War Memorial

19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4890, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4890, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4890, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
30 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4890, 15th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the groin. Embarked for England on 4 February 1917 aboard HS Dunluce Castle
10 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4890, 15th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wounds to both legs. Embarked for England on 13 April 1918 aboard HS Grantually Castle
5 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4890, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of James Robert Ernest Old and Anna Margaret Old nee Hawthorne of Police Station, Gayndah, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 as invalid aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 18 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal