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Cyril John BOURNE

Regimental number3487
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolGranville North & South Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingInternational Correspondence School
ReligionCongregational
OccupationCarpenter
AddressBruce Street, Granville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Arthur Bourne, Prince Street, Granville, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3487A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPoperinghe, Belgium
Date of death29 September 1917
Age at death23.9
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row B, Grave No. 17), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Rebekah BOURNE, "Thelma", Prince Street, Granville, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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