APPERLY, Cyril Barkly
| Service Number: | 9467 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boundary rider |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot 14 Row B Grave 8 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9467, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 9467, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 9467, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cyril Barkly Apperly was born in Petersham NSW in 1893. He enlisted in South Australia during 1915, and had been working as a boundary rider in the Mount Gambier area. He gave his next of kin as his mother, Jessie Wakefield, (her maiden name). His father Henry Lawrence Apperly had died in 1908.
The mother could not be located after the war and his next of kin was changed to his sister, Lily Jamieson of Parkville, Victoria. The sister received all of Cyril’s medals.
Cyril Apperly’s younger brother, 2777 Pte. Frank Colin Apperly 58th Battalion had been killed in action at Fromelles 19 July 1916, aged 20.
Cyril’s mother, Jessie Seaton, contacted Base Records during late 1921 seeking his medals only to be informed that as she, the mother, could not be found, the medals had been sent to Cyril’s sister.
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