NEWBURY, Cyril Haslewood Wellington
| Service Number: | 6371 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1916, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State school |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot I, Row F, Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baskerville Upper Swan WW1 Honour Roll, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW1, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW1Fallen |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6371, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6371, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6371, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6371, 28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cyril Haslewood Wellington NEWBURY was born in 1878 in Melbourne, Victoria
His parents were Rowland NEWBURY and Jane Sarah HIGGS
He enlisted in Perth, WA on 6th October 1916 and was with the 28th Battalion - 18th reinforcements who embarked from Fremantle on 29th December, 1916 on the ship HMAT Persic
Cyril had previous service of three and a half years in the 11th AJR
He was Killed in Action when hit by a shell on 28th October, 1917 and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery in Belgium - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the State War Memorial in Mount Eliza in WA
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
R.I.P
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