Cecil Stewart BORTON

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BORTON, Cecil Stewart

Service Number:	6952
Enlisted:	23 October 1916, 12 days AIF, discharged MU
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1888
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1938, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW BAPTIST-J SW. 39.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6952, 4th Infantry Battalion, 12 days AIF, discharged MU
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6952, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6952, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
17 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6952, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

85 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 4th June 1938, Private Cecil Stewart Borton, 4th Battalion (Reg No-6952), commercial traveller from 3 The Boltons, Newcastle, New South Wales and Denison Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., father of one (Marie), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 49. BAPTIST-J SW. 39.

Born at Paddington, New South Wales on the 31st July 1888 to John William and Annie Maria Borton of Orlando Avenue, Mosman, New South Wales; husband of Gwendoline Borton nee Howell (married 1919, Rockdale, N.S.W., died?) of 85 Cabarita Road, Northbridge, N.S.W., Cecil enlisted on the 24th May 1916 (Reg No-N46154) at Hamilton, N.S.W.

Discharged medically unfit (defective chest measurement, poor physique) 23.6.1916.

Reenlisted on the 23rd October 1916 at Hamilton, N.S.W.

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 11th November 1916.

Wounded in action - 7.3.1918 (gassed).

Embarked for England 11.3.1918.

Cecil returned home on the 10th May 1919, being discharged on the 17th June 1919.

Mr. Borton’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.

I have placed poppies at Cecil’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.

Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated 7.7.1938 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

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