HEMSLEY, Cecil Alfred
| Service Number: | 2176 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 20 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds (POW of Germany), Germany, 21 July 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Plot 111, Row G, Grave 14, Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Keswick Prospect Highbury Street Methodist Sunday School Old Scholars Roll of Honour, Keswick Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Board WW1, North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor, North Adelaide Queens School Honour Board, Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, Prospect St Cuthbert's Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 2176, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2176, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 2176, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First) | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 2176, 48th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), Shrapnel wounds (right hand, shoulder, thigh and left forearm) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Dunk Hemsley and Caroline Netta Ida (nee Weber) Hemsley of 6 Milner Street, Prospect, SA; brother of Winifred Beryl Hemsley and Una Phillis Hemsley,
30 June 1917 - Cecil wrote home to his parents from the Prisoner of War Camp saying that his right shoulder had been operatedd on to remove a piece of shrapnel
15 July 1917 Cecil wrote home again to say that he had receied food parcels through one of his nurses and had also received some clothes parcels, He said he was still very weak from the operations and looked like a skeleton and it may take a while before he would gain enough strength to move around much. The letter had been written by someone else as heis writing hand was still bandaged
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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