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Cecil FAWCETT

Regimental number3805
Place of birthHarwood Island, New South Wales
SchoolLismore, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor driver
AddressByron Bay, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Fawcett, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 June 1918
Place of burialBeacon Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 9), Sailly-Laurette, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2477 Pte Walter Charles FAWCETT, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 May 1919.
Other detailsWar service: Trained at Kiama, NSW, and on Salisbury Plain, England. Wounded at Baupaume, France, 8 December 1916; wounded a second time; killed in action, 17 June 1918.
Sources'Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire', p. 121

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