Cecil John ALBRECHT

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ALBRECHT, Cecil John

Service Numbers:	QX38363, Q19076
Enlisted:	14 August 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1919
Home Town:	Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Queensland State School System
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 7 December 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Official Burial Reference ~ Section A, Plot 5, Row B, Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "A TRIBUTE TO OUR BRAVE, LOVING SON CECIL. MUM, DAD, SISTERS & BROTHERS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX38363
14 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
14 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q19076, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF
25 Dec 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
27 Dec 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked from Sydney for Port Moresby. Disembarked 3 Jan 1942.
9 May 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
26 Nov 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
30 Nov 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
7 Dec 1942:	Enlisted
7 Dec 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, K.I.A.

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Biography contributed by Maurice Kissane

Cecil John Albrecht was born in Brisbane in 1919. The fifth of six children born to William and Wilhelmina Albrecht. He arrived on Christmas Day. Cecil was working as a Grocer's Assistant when he was enlisted into the militia in mid 1940. He subsequently volunteered for the 2nd A.I.F. when Japan entered the war.

He spent 1942 on active service in Papua. Cecil was twice promoted before he fell in combat. He was K.I.A in the fierce Battle for the Gona - Buna Beachheads in December 1942.

His CWGC Epitath states "A TRIBUTE TO OUR BRAVE LOVING SON CECIL. MUM, DAD, SISTERS AND BROTHERS".

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