Cecil John (Shrewdy) TWIST

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TWIST, Cecil John

Service Number:	1090
Enlisted:	29 March 1915, Hamilton, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Macarthur, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Macarthur, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Macarthur State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 18 September 1917
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 16
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1090, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Hamilton, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1090, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1090, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son ofMrs Sarah TWIST, Macarthur, Victoria

Husband of Florence Irene TWIST, No2 Court B, Archdeacon Lane, Leicester, England

TWIST.—Killed in action. September 18th, 1917 (previously reported missing and believed to be killed). Private Cecil Twist (Shrewdy), after 2½ years' service. Aged 22 years.
He has finished his part - I must still keep on.
Trying like him to be brave.
My sacrifice is in what I have lost.
His was in what he gave.
- Inserted by his sorrowing mother.

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