Cecil Stanley MOLESWORTH

MOLESWORTH, Cecil Stanley

Service Number: Captain
Enlisted: 1 December 1916
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Medical Officers
Born: Sydney, NSW, 13 January 1888
Home Town: Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Medical Practitioner
Died: Camden Hospital, 24 February 1943, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Memorials: Nowra Soldiers Memorial
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World War 1 Service

1 Dec 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Captain, Medical Officers
17 Feb 1917: Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Feb 1917: Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, RMS Morea, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

DR. C. S. MOLESWORTH
The death occurred suddenly on February 24th, of Cecil Stanley Molesworth, M.B., Ch.M.,"of Campbeltown, late of Leeton' at the, age of 55 years. He was a Captain of the A.A.M.C. in the 1st AIF. Besides a sorrowing widow (who was formerly Miss Connie Kendall, of Murrumburrah) , lie leaves a son (a member , of the R.A.A.F., now in England) and a daughter. Mr Cecil Kendall, of Tiverton, Is a brother-in- law of deceased. ' The funeral took place to Rookwood crematorium on Friday, afternoon.

OBITUARY
Dr. C. S. Molesworth
The many friends on the irrigation area of Dr. Cecil Stanley Molesworth, will be sorry to learn that he passed away suddenly at the Camden Hospital yesterday. We understand that he was quite well on, the day previous.
It is five years since he left Leeton where He conducted a practice from the residence now occupied by Dr. Walsh. ' The late Dr. Molesworth' was also interested in a rice- farm with his friend Mr. A. D. Mackellar. While on the irrigation area Dr. Molesworth took a very keen interest in the welfare of the students at the Yanco Agricultural High School for which institution he was the medical officer. 'He was a member of the School Council and suggested many improvements which were adopted by the Department. The late doctor was an ardent advocate for the installation of a water filtration plant at the school, which although finally promised has not been constructed on account of the war. Dr. Molesworth served with the Light Horse in Palestine during the last war and married in Cairo, an Army Nurse. His wife survives him also their two children Bill, who is with tho R.A.A.F. in England, and Nancy in the A.W.A.S. located at Brisbane. He is survived by two brothers, Dr. Harold Molesworth, a Macquarie Street specialist and Mr. Sid Molesworth, a farner of Griffith. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Howe, widow of the Rev. Howe, of Chatswood, and mother of Mr. Ken Howe, former wool and sheep instructor, of Lee ton: Mrs. Bavage and Mrs. Vaunton, of Roseville. He was predeceased by one sister who was the wife of Sir John Madsen, professor of Electrical Engineering at the Sydney University.

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