Cecil James CARROLL MC, MiD

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CARROLL, Cecil James

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	10 May 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woombye, Queensland, 8 July 1888
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Blackall State School
Occupation:	School teacher (later Qld Police Commissioner)
Died:	Natural Causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 21 May 1970, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane OL-0196
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World War 1 Service

10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Brisbane, Queensland
1 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
1 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion
1 Jun 1916:	Wounded GSW - right foot
27 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Infantry Battalion
4 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Invalided back to Australia and discharged from Service on 04 Dec 1917

"Cecil James Carroll (1888-1970), police commissioner, was born on 8 July 1888 at Woombye, Queensland, second son of Patrick Carroll, a police constable from Ireland, and his native-born wife Margaret, née McGrath. Educated at Blackall State School, in 1904 Cecil became a pupil-teacher there and subsequently taught in schools at Petrie Terrace, West End, Cairns and Brisbane East. On 24 August 1915 he was commissioned in the Australian Imperial Force and posted with reinforcements to the 9th Battalion. Promoted captain in December 1916, he was twice wounded while serving in France, mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross. He was invalided home and his appointment terminated on 28 March 1918. At St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral, Brisbane, on 11 June that year he married a civil servant Alice Mary Fahy. Because of war-wounds in his hip and knee, Carroll abandoned teaching and joined the State Public Service as a clerk in the Land and Income Tax Office. He took two years leave of absence to engage in home-defence duties at Townsville." - READ MORE LINK (adb.anu.edu.au)

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