ASHDOWN, Cecil Parker
| Service Number: | 5363 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 22 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mosman Public School and Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineering Apprentice |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys I C 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5363, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5363, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5363, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 14th Field Company Engineers, T.O.S. from 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 18 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5363, 14th Field Company Engineers, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F ex HT "Kingsfaun Castle" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5363, 14th Field Company Engineers, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5363, 14th Field Company Engineers, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action. | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5363, 14th Field Company Engineers, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5363 awm_unit: 14th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Cecil Parker ASHDOWN was born in 1897 in Bega, New South Wales
His parents were Edward Parker ASHDOWN and Florence Eleanor ALTESIECH who married in Sydney in 1876 - he was one of nine children, five of whom served in WW1 with two being Killed in Action including Cecil
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Cecil is commemorated on the Holy Trinity Church Honour Roll in Orange NSW, where his father had been a church warden & on the west face of the Mosman War Memorial, Sydney & the Honour Rolls of Mosman Public School, St Clements Church and the Mosman Rugby Union Football Club.
He is also remembered on a commemorative plaque in the Orange Cemetery, NSW & also on the Roll of Honour at the Cenotaph in Orange, NSW
A tree was planted in his honour in 1923 in the Anzac Memorial Avenue along Bathurst Road amongst other planted in honour of fallen WW1 soldiers - very few remain today
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