HINCKS, Cecil William
| Service Number: | 1486 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Admanstown, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | New Lambton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot VIII, Row F, Grave I, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1486, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1486, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 7th June 1917, Private Cecil William Hincks, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1486), miner from Regent Street, New Lambton, New South Wales, father of one (Thelma, born 24.10.1916, New Lambton, N.S.W., died?), was Killed in Action during the Battle of Messines, age 26. Cause of death not stated.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 17th May 1891 as Lesceil William Hinks to Richard (died 6.2.1954, Toronto, N.S.W., buried with son at METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) L SW. 44, name not inscribed on headstone) and Annie Hincks nee Gray (died 17.5.1951, New Lambton, N.S.W., METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) L SW., 42 of Regent Street, New Lambton, New South Wales and Addison Road, New Lambton, N.S.W.; husband of Theresa (Tess) Hincks nee Hopton (married 5.2.1916, New Lambton, N.S.W. as Lesciel William Hincks, died?) of Coorumbung Road, Broadmeadow, New South Wales and 18 Lambton Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W. and 77 Winship Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Cecil enlisted on the 9th January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Cecil is resting at the Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot VIII Row F Grave 1.
Many thanks to Eddy Lin for the headstone photo.
Place of Association – New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Hincks’s name has been inscribed on the Lambton and New Lambton Roll of Honor, New Lambton War Memorial Gates , New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour, Lambton Rose of Australia Lodge G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Memorialised at the gravesite of Annie Maria Moxon nee Dean (died 16.3.1928, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 67.
Same location as brother-in-law Henry Hopton (born 30.8.1887, Lambton, New South Wales, labourer from Bundaberg, Queensland, enlisted 6.4.1916, 15th Battalion, Reg No-6277, KIA 4.7.1918, age 30, Battle of Hamel, resting at Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Plot X Row B Grave 6
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of Cecil and Henry for God, King & Country. BAPTIST F SE. 35.
Younger brother Thomas (born 7.6.1893, New Lambton, New South Wales, miner from Regent Street, New Lambton, New South Wales and Addison Road, New Lambton, N.S.W., enlisted 22.8.1915, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, Reg No-134, RTA 25.2.1919, died 15.2.1969, age 75, not officially commemorated) resting at the cemetery. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) L SW. 44.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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