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Cecil was the eldest of three children of Alfred Paxton (born 1884 in Sydney, NSW) and Grace Evelyn Lockhard (born 1895 in Brisbane, QLS). Alfred (a Labourer) and Grace married in Brisbane, QLD in 1913. They lived at Breakfast Creek near Brisbane, where Alfred worked as a Cellarman before moving to Ringtail Creek at Pomona, QLD where Alfred was a Dairyman. In 1943 they moved to Tewantin, QLD and Alfred was a Labourer until his death in 1970.

Cecil was working as a Labourer at Ringtail Creek near Pomona in 1938 when he married Ethel Blance Kelloway (born 1915 in Nambour, QLD). Cecil and Ethel were living at Pomona, where Cecil was working as a Cream Carrier when he enlisted in the Army in March 1942. Cecil served as a Private, Lance Bombadier and Corporal (Service No:QX31217) with QLD Lines of Communication, 232 Light Anti Aircraft Battery, and 114 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment in New Guinea. He was attached to 16 Infantry Training Battalion when he was Discharged in August 1945. Brother William Eric (Private, Service No:QX29251) was with 2/9 Infantry Battalion when he was KiA in New Guinea in January 1943.

Cecil returned to Pomona after the war, and did not work until he and Ethel moved to Brisbane in the early 1950's. Cecil was a Clerk in Brisbane, where he died in 2002. Ethel died in 2004.