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Cecil Ferguson WELCH

Regimental number552
Place of birthCastle Hope, Cladstone, Queensland
SchoolProvisional School, Callide Gold Field
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSelector
AddressRockhampton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, George Welch, Calliope, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingCerisy, France
Age at death23
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave 13), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Annie WELCH.
Family/military connectionsCousin: Private R.J. Welsh, 49th Battalion, killed in action, Somme Sector, France on 9th June 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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