GUMMOW, Cecil George Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 2665, 2333, 2333A |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1916, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Dysentry & Heart Failure, Egypt, 14 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Grave Reference E8, Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2665, Melbourne | |
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| 27 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2665, Discharged as medically unfit | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2333, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2333, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 2333, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 2333A, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2333A awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-08-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cecil George Joseph GUMMOW was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1898
His parents were George GUMMOW & Sarah Emma SHARP who married in Victoria in 1896
Cecil married Lilian WALTERS in Victoria in 1916
He first enlisted on 25th April, 1916 in Melbourne (SN 2665) but was discharged as medically unfit on 27th November, 1916
He re-enlisted in Sydney on 2nd March, 1917 (SN 2333) and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Port Sydney on 9th May 1917 with the 12th Light Horse Regiment, 18th Reinforcements
Cecil died on 14th August, 1918 in the 14th Australian General Hospital in Port Said, Egypt from dystentry & heart failure
He is buried in the Port Said War Cemetery and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Victorian Railways WW1 Roll of Honour
Inscription on his headstone reads:
"LOVED ONLY SON OF G. & S. GUMMOW -
BROTHER OF DORRIE"
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