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Cyril Ashdown WAGHORN

Regimental number3933
Place of birthEmmaville, New South Wales
SchoolStanmore Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSalesman
Address6 Percival Road, Petersham, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Waghorn, 6 Percival Road, Petersham, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1916
Place of death or woundingBeugny (Retreat to Hind. Line)
Age at death27
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row M, Grave 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs E S WAGHORN.
Family/military connectionsBrother J R Waghorn killed at Bullecourt.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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