LONERGAN, Cecil
| Service Number: | 3132 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Ernest Junction, Queensland, 6 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Milton, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, 11 September 1962, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3132, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3132, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3132, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 24 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Pioneer Training Battalion | |
| 9 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 31 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Training School | |
| 13 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 12 Mar 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 28 Mar 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 11 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3132, 4th Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
From serching the historical birth records of Queensland's Births, Deaths and Marriages I discovered that 3132 Sergeant Cecil Lonergan and his brother Lieutenant Robert Darwin Lonergan were actually born with the surname O'LONERGAN.
Looking at period newspapers (Trove) of the day, it records articles of Cecil Roderic Lonergan, many years prior to enlisting with his surname as LONERGAN. Being of Irish-decent, this was more likely the reason of the 'O' being dropped off the surname.
The two enlisted children of Robert Valintine O'Lonergan (Lonergan) and Annie (née Chamberlain) O'Lonergan (Lonergan) of Milton, Queensland:-
Lt. Robert Darwin Lonergan (/explore/people/116889) - returned to Australia;
3132 Sgt. Cecil Lonergan - returned to Australia.
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