HUNGERFORD, Cecil Stanley
| Service Numbers: | 2160, N390806 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Pay Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | District Hospital, Parramatta, NSW, 13 April 1945, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2160, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2160, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2160, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 20 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Pay Sergeant, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Pay Sergeant, Army Pay Corps (AIF) | |
| 24 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Pay Sergeant, 2160, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Also temp Staff Sgt |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Mar 1942: | Enlisted N390806 |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Sgt Cecil Stanley HUNGERFORD,
Regimental Number: 2160
Unit name: 36th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Accountant
Address: 'The Priory', Hampden Street, Ashfield, NSW
Age of Enlistment: 24 years and 3 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 26 April 1916, Sydney
Sports Ground, NSW
Next of Kin: Father, Cecil Payne Hungerford, 'The Priory', Hampden Street, Ashfield, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll: Australian Army Pay Corps
Campaigns Served: France
War Service/ Promotions: Appointed Lance Corporal to complete establishment, 20 November 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, from Southampton, England, on 22 November 1916. Promoted to Pay Sergeant with 36th Battalion, on 10 January 1917. Transferred from 36th Battalion to Australian Army Pay Corps. on 13 April 1917 (still attached to 36th Battalion). On leave from 21 July to 30 July 1917, in Paris, France. Rejoining his unit he remained in France until 9 February 1918, when he went on leave to United Kingdom, until 28 February 1918. On 4 May 1918 Cecil was on detachment to 3rd Australian Divisional Units in France. From 24 November to 8 December 1918, he was on leave in United Kingdom, returning to France and was attached now to 3rd Australian Army Pay Corps. On 1 January 1919, he was promoted to Temporary Staff Sergeant, dated 16 February 1919. By 31 May 1919 he was appointed a Temporary Staff Sergeant with the Chief Paymaster in London, and left France. He was on leave from 16 June to 24 June 1919.
Fate: Returned to Australia 19 July 1919, on the Takada. He married Margaret Young Shannon, 29 November 1924, St Mary's Church, Toongabbie, NSW.
Place of Death:
13 April 1945, District Hospital, Parramatta, NSW
Place of Cremation: Rookwood, NSW
Wall of Honour: St John’s Anglican Church, Ashfield, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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