APPLETON, Cyril Wellesley
| Service Number: | Depot |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Reinforcements WW1 |
| Born: | Macarthur, Vic., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental injuries from falling from train, Williamstown, Vic., 14 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian J 55. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Depot, Reinforcements WW1, Melbourne, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur William Wellesley Appleton & Sarah Ann Appleton née Lewis
Cyril died at Williamstown as a result of injuries accidentaly received by falling out the train between Giffard and Parker Streets, Williamstown.
At the magisterial enquiry concerning the death of Cyril Wellesley Appleton, 25 Union street, Windsoer, aged 28, held last Saturday, Mr Lonsdale found that the deceased, who was a soldier, fell out of the train ast the Giffard st. crossing and was run over by the same train on its way back to the city shortly after ten o'clock at night. He was too seriously injured by the fall to move from the rails on which he fell.
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