DUNPHY, Cecil Annesley
| Service Number: | 2585 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tamworth Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 1st Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, Turkey, 19 November 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row F, Grave No. 30 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates, Tamworth Public School WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2585, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2585, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2585, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 19 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2585, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Died of Wounds |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Cecil Annesley DUNPHY, (Service Number 2585), was born on 23 July 1892 at Tamworth. He first worked for the NSW Railways as a cleaner at Murrurundi Locomotive Depot from 6 January 1914. In June 1915 he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. At the time of his enlistment he was unmarried and gave his mother as his next of kin.
Submitted 20 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cecil Annersley DUNPHY was born in 1892 in Tamworth, NSW
His parents were John Joseph DUNPHY and Miriam Ross GOSPER
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 12th June 1915 with the 3rd Infantry Battalion and embarked with the 8th reinforcements on 9th August, 1915 on the ship HMAT Runic
Cecil died of shell wounds received in action on 19th November, 1915 at the 1st Casualty Clearing Station at Gallipoli
He is buried in Ari Burnu Cemetery in Turkey & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Tamworth Anzac Park Memorial
The Epitaph on his headstone reads
"We mourn you loss, your actions -
sweet balm to your loved ones bring"
Cecil was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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Trove - OBITUARY
ROLL OF HONOUR
DUNPHY - In loving memory of our dear Son & Brother, Private Cecil Annesley Dunphy, who died of wounds received at Gallipol November 19th, 1915, aged 24 years
Inserted by his loving Father, Mother, Sisters and Brother, Florence, Gladys & Jack
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Cecil Annesley DUNPHY (Service Number 2585) was born on 23rd July 1892 at Tamworth. He first worked for the NSW Railways as a cleaner at Murrurundi Locomotive Depot from 6th January 1914. In June 1915 he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. At the time of his enlistment he was unmarried and gave his mother as his next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Runic’ on 9th August 1915. He was taken on the strength of the 36rd Battalion at Anzac on 2nd November.
His military career lasted less than three weeks. He died on 19thNovember 1915 at the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac, from shell wounds received in action at Gallipoli. He was buried at Ari Burnu Cemetery, ½ mile N. of Anzac Cove, by Chaplain W A Brennan.
- based on notes for the Great Central Station Honour Board
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