Cecil George Thomas LEE

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LEE, Cecil George Thomas

Service Number:	739
Enlisted:	22 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1895
Home Town:	Rydal, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Cleaner
Died:	War service related Illness, Australia, 9 May 1919
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Church of England Section, Row FF, Grave 67
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall

World War 1 Service

22 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 739, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 739, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 739, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
22 Mar 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 739, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged as medically unfit, Ischero rectal abcess which were failing to heal, at the 2 Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Lee and Elizabeth McIllmurray (formerly Lee) of Forest Road, Penshurst, NSW

3 November 1915 - to hospital with Ischero rectal abcess. On return to Australia there were some more operations but the wound failed to heal

20 January 1916 - returned to Australia on board HS Karoola for discharge

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal,Victory Medal

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