Cecil James HACCHE

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Service Number:	804
Enlisted:	30 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gisborne, New Zealand, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bublie Public School, New Zealand
Occupation:	Motor Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds - abdomen, 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 9 May 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 233 Headstone inscription reads: In the O Lord I place my trust, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

30 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 804, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 804, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 804, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 18 years

Son of Thomas and Martha Ann Hacche of Gisborne, NZ. Next of kin given as his brother Bayzill Burdett Hacche of Bayley Street, Gisborne, NZ

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

Served in the school cadets

He was musical being able to play the violin