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Cyril Clifton BRITTLEBANK

Regimental number589
Place of birthBacchus Marsh, Victoria
SchoolChurch of England Grammar School, (?) Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStudent
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinChas. Clifton Brittlebank, Queens Gate, St Georges Road, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters and Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A34 Persic on 28 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Cyclists Battalion
FateDied of disease 23 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialEtretat Churchyard Extension (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah BRITTLEBANK, Queensgate, St. George's Road, Elsternwick, Victoria. Native of Myrniong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 1886 Corporal Andrew Buxton BRITTLEBANK, 59th Bn, killed in action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 15 October 1917.

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