Cecil Ernest VIRCOE

Cecil Ernest VIRCOE Update Details

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Service Number:	2748
Enlisted:	27 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales , Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	10 November 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated with a plaque
Memorials:

27 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2748, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2748, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2748, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
9 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2748, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2748, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left hand. Embarked for England on 29 September 1917 aboard HS Princess Elizabeth
19 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2748, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of Ernest Vircoe of Darling Street, Rozelle, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 22 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c Cecil married Monica F. Smith in St. Leonards, NSW