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Cecil Gordon LINDSAY

Regimental number4726
Place of birthTrangie, New South Wales
SchoolGeorge St Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address3 Turner Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Lindsay, 3 Turner Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 13 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 April 1917
Place of death or woundingLagnicourt, France
Age at death25
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 35), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
91
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary LINDSAY; husband of Mary LINDSAY, 3 Turner Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin to Pte J McMahon 30th Batt won MM.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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