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FLOOD, Cyril William Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1520 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia, 20 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, 5 January 1955, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Queenstown Lyell Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1520, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1520, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1520, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cyril Flood was the oldest of three Tasmania brothers who enlisted during WW1, and he was the only one who returned home. Cyril’s younger brother, 191 Pte. Harold Clifford Flood 40th Battalion died of enteric in England during September 1916, a month after arriving there.
192 Cpl. Ralph Cecil Flood 40th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Passchendaele during October 1917, aged 22.
They were all the sons of Arthur William Flood, of Cygnet, Tasmania, their mother having passed away in 1915. The father was also killed in a car accident near Cygnet during 1925.
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