GRAHAM, Cecil Victor
| Service Number: | VX101807 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1942, Puckapunyal, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | School of Australian Armoured Corps |
| Born: | Walthamstow, London, England, 5 September 1914 |
| Home Town: | Eastlakes, Botany Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes (cancer), Darlinghurst, New South Wales, 16 October 1965, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Aug 1942: | Enlisted VX101807, Puckapunyal, Victoria | |
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| 28 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, VX101807 | |
| 21 Oct 1946: | Discharged Warrant Officer Class 2, VX101807, School of Australian Armoured Corps | |
| 21 Oct 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, VX101807 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andrew Graham
Joined the Warrnambool Troop of the 4/19th Light Horse Regiment, Citizens Military Force, on 15 June 1933.
On 29 November 1938, he joined the Permanent Army. He became a member of the Darwin Mobile Force which was sent to Darwin in 1939.
When war came, due to all his previous military service, he was transferred to the Australian Instructional Corps.
Joined the AIF in 1942.
Served in Armoured Corps and 1st Paratroop Battalion. He was a Signals specialist.
He was demobbed in 1946 even though he wished to remain a professional soldier. He rejoind the CMF and served until he was retired at the age of 48 in 1962.
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