Cecil James IRELAND

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IRELAND, Cecil James

Service Number:	Q189899
Enlisted:	17 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Army Troops Company/ies RAE
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 March 1901
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Licensed Drainer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1992, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

17 Jul 1940:	Involvement Sapper, Q189899
17 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
17 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q189899
29 Nov 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, Q189899, Army Troops Company/ies RAE, ex Brisbane to Jacquinot Bay via Lae per LM Garrison
13 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, Q189899, Army Troops Company/ies RAE, ex Rabaul to Brisbane per Westralia
27 Dec 1945:	Discharged
27 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q189899

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Sapper Cecil James Ireland (Service No:Q189899) enlisted in the ACMF on 17 July 1940 with 16 Australian Troops Coy (ATC) RAE (classified as Concreter and Bricklayer). In December 1941 he was posted to 12 ATC RAE and served in Borneo (29 November 1944 - 13 December 1945). Sapper Ireland was Discharged on 27 December 1945. Son Norman (Private; Service Nos:QX57493/Q100908) and Cecil's brother Percy (Sergeant; Service Nos:QX1186/22815) also served in WWII.

Born in 1902 in Brisbane QLD, Cecil was the second of five children of John Ireland (b1877 in Strathpine, QLD) and Leah Green (b1880 in Brisbane, QLD). John (a Contractor) and Leah married in 1899 in Brisbane and lived in South Pine and Brisbane where John was a Farmer, Labourer and Concrete Worker.

Cecil worked as a Tanner in Brisbane and in 1922 married Edith Jessie Ann Benzie (b1904 in Brisbane, QLD). Cecil and Edith settled in Brisbane where Cecil was a Tanner - in his Attestation Papers he stated he was a Licensed Drainer, and was classified as a Concreter and Bricklayer. Cecil and Edith lived in Brisbane and Cecil worked as a Tanner - Edith died in 1982 and Cecil in 1992.

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