Regimental number | 4475 |
Place of birth | Moore Park, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Commercial traveller |
Address | Forest Road, Arncliffe, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 109 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr C Dean, Cheltenham Avenue, Sandringham, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Casula, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 45th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Ovillers Military Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row O, Grave No 7), Ovillers la Boiselle, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 139 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Originally listed as 'No known grave' and recorded on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux. Remains discovered in 1936 and reinterred in Ovillers Military Cemetery. Watch presented by his employers on his leaving for the war was found with the remains and returned to his brother and sister. Father: Charles Augustus Dean, d. 6 April 1936. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 13 February 1916; disembarked Alexandria, 7 March 1916. Taken on strength, 45th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 31 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916. Killed in action, 8 August 1916. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DEAN Cecil Augustus |