CONNORS, Cyril Ernest
Service Numbers: | 639, N393474 |
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Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8 Garrison Battalion (NSW) |
Born: | Meroo, New South Wales, Australia, 23 April 1888 |
Home Town: | Berry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Horsebreaker and Studmaster |
Died: | Died of Illness, Yaralla Military Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1942, aged 54 years |
Cemetery: |
Alstonville Cemetery, NSW RC section - Row 9, Grave 13 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baerami Creek Roll of Honour WW2, Berry Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 639, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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20 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 639, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
15 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 639, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
17 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
10 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Imperial Camel Corps , No 13 Company | |
15 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps | |
13 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 639, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, GSW Left Hand | |
24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 6th Light Horse Regiment, /Light Horse Details, 2MD TPE having RTA 15-11-1918 ex Suez per "Port Darwin" (1914 leave) | |
24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 639, Light Horse Reinforcements |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N393474 | |
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19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N393474 | |
27 Apr 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 8 Garrison Battalion (NSW) , Raymond Terrace NSW | |
17 Jun 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N393474 |
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Served in both WW1 and WW2.
WW1 Rank - Warrant Officer 2
1 Camel Brigade; 6th Light Horse Regiment
Returned to Australia 15 November 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Thomas and Susan Connors; husband of Vera Agnes Connors, of Lismore. Father of Margaret Mary Sheppard nee Connors of Ferny Hills Queenlsand Brother of 4474 Gunner Erice Sylvester Connors, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 30 December 1916
WW2 service number was N393474
Rank - Private
Enlisted 19 January 1942at Adamstown, New South Wales
Discharged 18 June 1942
War Medal