EDWARDS, Cecil Peter
| Service Number: | 3738 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mininera, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3738, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR) | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3738, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3738, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Adelaide | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3738, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, L/CPL Cecil Edward died of his wounds | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3738, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3738 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Anthony Ralston
Cecil Peter was born on 28 November 1896 in Learmonth, Victoria, Australia. The son of Annabella and Peter Edwards. He had five brothers and five sisters. Cecil worked as a farm hand on his parent’s farm in the district of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He volunteered for the AIF in 1915 where he was given his regimental number 3738 and obtained the rank of Lance, Corporal at the end of his basic training Cecil was posted overseas. He was wounded in action on 26 September 1917 and passed away on 27 September 1917 at the age of 20, and was buried at Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, in the military cemetery.
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