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Cecil BONE

Regimental number110
Place of birthNewcastle New South Wales
SchoolGovernment Central School, Boulder City, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Address112 Hopkins Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Bone, 112 Hopkins Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Field Ambulance
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Not awarded.
Recommendation date: 24 April 1917

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularTwice wounded
FateDied of disease 25 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death25 April 1918 (died of spinal meningitis)
Age at death24.11
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPernois British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr and Mrs T. BONE, Newcastle; husband of F.M. BONE, 2 Harrington Cottages, West End Lane, High Barnet, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: Captain Thomas Henry BONE, 44th Bn, killed in action, France, 4 October 1917.

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