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Cecil Layton REYCRAFT

Regimental number7295
Place of birthElsternwick Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSolutionist
AddressBoulder, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jones, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Enlistment date12 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 2), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary REYCRAFT, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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