Cecil Benjamin FARR

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Service Number:	3491
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lilydale, Victoria, 1 January 1896
Home Town:	Ferntree Gully, Knox, Victoria
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ferntree Gully Primary School War Memorial, Ferntree Gully Primary School War Memorial, Lysterfield Lone Pine, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3491, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3491, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3491, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3491 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-28
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 3491, 24th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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