Cecil George BIRD

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Service Number:	WX11985
Enlisted:	29 April 1941, Claremont, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geraldton, Western Australia, 27 May 1919
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not known
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 27 July 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial - Column 92, Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Private, WX11985, Claremont, Western Australia
29 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11985, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
27 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, WX11985, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein

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Cecil George BIRD was born on 27th May, 1919 in Geraldton, Western Australia

His parents were Albert Ernest and Ellen Mary BIRD