ASPINALL, Cecil Affleck Herbert
| Service Number: | 4655 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Essex, England, 15 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mariner |
| Died: | 1953, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4655, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement 4655, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked 4655, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4655, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sergeant Cecil Affleck Herbert Aspinall, 22nd Battalion, later appointed as Acting Company Sergeant Major, was discharged from the AIF on 16 March 1916 having been appointed as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps.
On the 30 January 1918 2 Lt. Aspinall was flying an Avro 504J with the 70 Training Squadron at Beaulieu in England when his aircraft hit a hut and overturned on forced landing after engine failure. Aspinall’s observer Corporal Rochfort Richard Connor (37) was killed in the accident. Aspinall was unhurt.
His brother, Captain John Vincent Aspinall 11 Squadron RFC became an ace in the Royal Air Force, shooting down 6 enemy aircraft before he was killed in action in France 15 May 1918.
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