Peter James CECINI

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CECINI, Peter James

Service Number:	5781
Enlisted:	10 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, 19 July 1896
Home Town:	Ravenswood, Queensland
Schooling:	Ravenswood State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5781, 26th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5781, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5781, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 5781, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 5781, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Peter and Comencia (Norah) CECINI of Evlinton, Ravenswood, Qld.

Peter was killed by an artillery shell during the Battle of Broodseide.

CECINI.—In loving memory of our dear Son and Brother, Pvte. P. J. Cecini, 26th Batt. Killed 4th October, 1916.
No loved one stood around him,
To bid him a last farewell ;
No word of comfort could he leave.
To those be loved so well.
We little thought his time so short,
In this world to remain,
But from his home he went,
Never to return again.
(Inserted by his loving Father, Mother, Sisters and Brother, P. Cecini, Ravenswood.)

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