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Cecil Edwin ALCORN

Regimental number2267
Date of birth26 June 1891
Place of birthJerry's Plains, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressJerry's Plains, Singleton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Edwin Steadman Alcorn, Jerry's Plains, Singleton, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name30th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 30th Battalion
Promotion date: 20 August 1818

Lieutenant


Unit: 30th Battalion
Promotion date: 23 December 1918

FateReturned to Australia 28 August 1919
Medals

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185
Date: 27 November 1918

Discharge date10 October 1920
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded, 23 March 1917; 27 March 1917; 1 October 1918.

Medals: Croix de Guerre, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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