Cecil VANDERVEN

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Service Number:	1911
Enlisted:	3 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Capetown, South Africa, 1897
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Memorials:

3 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1911, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 1911, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 1911, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion, From 31st Battalion
15 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1911, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic ague

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Aka as Cecil Frederick Van de Ven

Son of Dorothy M. Cowen formerly Vanderven of Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1934 Cecil was employed by the Electric Power Station, Dock Road, Cape Town, South Africa