ROCKLIFF, Cyril
| Service Number: | 65815 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 February 1918, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kelso, New South Wales, 20 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Insurance clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, 2 April 1962, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 65815, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 65815, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 65815, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney | |
| 8 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 65815, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gary Rockliff
Cyril Rockliff was the younger brother of 1335 Sgt. Herbet Rockliff (/explore/people/337833). Herbert was killed in action on the 27th of July 1916.
My great uncle Cyril was fine young man with a promising career in the finance sector. It is by beleif that Cyril enlisted to defend his county but also to try and find his older brother Herbert, unfortunately for my great grand uncle Cyril that day never came. Although Cyril's time in the AIF was short he did accomplish a lot, going from Private to Second Corporal in the 3rd Infantry Battalion.
My father George and my uncle John, (Cyril's son's) were very proud of their father's actions to defend our country but also to risk his life to find his brother Herbert.
Too Dearly Loved To Ever Be Forgotten
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