Cecil WILKINSON

WILKINSON, Cecil

    Service Number: 921
    Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Row N, Grave 28 Headstone inscription reads: Too dearly loved to ever be forgotten by his loving wife, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 921, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 921, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 921, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas and Martha Wilkinson. Brother of Rev. T. Wilkinson of Pyramid Hill, Victoria

    Husband of Susan Ann Emma Wilkinson nee Johnson of 26 Pemell Street, Enmore, NSW. Susan and Cecil married on the 17 October 1914 at Newtown, NSW. Last known address for Susan was 136 Newington Road, Stanmore, NSW

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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