FLOYD, Cecil Francis
| Service Number: | 4013 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Brassall, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Brassall Methodist Church Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4013, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4013, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4013, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cecil Francis Floyd was the son of Charles Clifton Floyd and Mary Floyd.
Cecil’s parents had both passed away by 1904 when he was less than eight years of age. He gave his nearest of kin as his stepfather, James Uprichard, of Black Soil, near Ipswich, Queensland.
Cecil was taken on strength of the 31st Battalion at the front on 2 April 1917. He was killed in action during the Battle of Polygon Wood on 26 September 1917. He would have turned 21 on Christmas Day 1917.
His brother, 5018 Pte. Charles Floyd 52nd Battalion AIF was killed in action six months later, on 27 March 1918, aged 21.
Another older brother, 1676 Pte. Cornelius Alexander Floyd 25th Battalion AIF was returned to Australia with severe wounds to his left arm in July 1917.