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Cecil Edgar ANNIS

Regimental number32
Date of birth1 May 1892
Place of birthUnley, South Australia
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolParkside Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address1l3 Leicester Street, Parkside, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, John Henry Annis, 113 Leicester Street, Parkside, South Australia
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name10th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 October 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium. Wounded, Gallipoli, 30 May 1915; invalided to Luna Park, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis; recovered and rejoined unit. Wounded, second occasion, Pozieres, France, 14 September 1916; invalided to No. 2 Canadian Hospital, Boulogne; rejoined unit. Wounded, third occasion, Passchendaele, Belgium, 16 October 1917; invalided to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wiencourt, L'Equiples; recovered. Contracted trench feet, 8 April 1918; invalided to 26th British General Hospital, Etaples. Arrived back in Australia, 3 December 1918.

Date of death28 December 1965

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