WEAVER, Cecil
| Service Numbers: | 2885, 2882, 2885A |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Rockley, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Yenda, New South Wales, Australia, 23 December 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2885, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2882, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2882, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2885A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Imprisoned Mouquet Farm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cecil Weaver enlisted from Western Australia but had been born in New South Wales. He was working as a miner in Kalgoorlie.
His brother, Richard Alexander Weaver was killed in action at Fromelles on 19 July 1916 with the 53rd Battalion.
Cecil was captured by the Germans at Mouquet Farm a few months later. The 51st Battalion captured parts of the farm on 3 September 1916 but their flanks were unsupported and the Germans counter attacked up through underground dugout entrances and were able to cut off and surround several 51st Battalion companies that were involved in the attack.
Listed as missing, it was several months before the authorities were became aware he was a prisoner of war, and had been wounded in both thighs.
He was transferred to Switzerland during late 1917, before being repatriated to England late in 1918, returning to Australia in February 1919.