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Cecil Melton COBDEN

Regimental number73
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolState School, Victoria
Age on arrival in Australia8
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
AddressBox Hill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Cobden, 181 Station Street, Box Hill, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Coy Sgt Major in Senior Cadets, 48th Kooyong.
Enlistment date18 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 12), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry Melton and jane COBDEN, 181 Station Street, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. Born at Bayswater, London, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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