CHEADLE, Cecil Alwyn
| Service Number: | 3612 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 July 1917, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barraba, New South Wales, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Inverell District School |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Exploding shell, France, 21 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St Pierre Cemetery Plot XIV, Row A, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba War Memorial, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Intermediate High School Roll of Honour, Inverell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3612, 56th Infantry Battalion, Sydney | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3612, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3612, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 21 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3612, 56th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cecil Alwyn CHEADLE was born in Barraba, New South Wales in 1894
His parents were Charles CHEADLE & Elizabeth Jane WHITE who married in NSW in 1893
He enlisted in Sydney on 11th July, 1917 and embarked with the 56th Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements from Sydney on 31st October, 1917
He was wounded in the neck by an exploding shell and died from his wounds on 21st July, 1918 & is buried in the St Pierre Cemetery at Amiens, France
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and on the Cenotaph & Honour Roll in Inverell
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His brother Reginald Charles CHEADLE (SN 1587) served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919 & also enlisted in WW2 (SN N 237461) with the Volunteer Defence Force - he died in 1948
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