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PYE, Cecil Robert Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 5 May 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1890 |
Home Town: | Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery II. A. 13. |
Memorials: | Newcastle Surf Club Life Saving Brigade Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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12 May 1915: | Involvement Captain, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
12 May 1915: | Embarked Captain, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Major, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Major, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
19 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
3 Apr 1917: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order | |
9 Apr 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
4 Oct 1917: | Involvement 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant Colonel awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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