ALBRECHT, Cecil John
Service Numbers: | QX38363, Q19076 |
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Enlisted: | 14 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 49 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1919 |
Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grocer's Assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 7 December 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A5.B.12. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, QX38363 | |
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14 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
14 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q19076, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
25 Dec 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
27 Dec 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked from Sydney for Port Moresby. Disembarked 3 Jan 1942. | |
9 May 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
26 Nov 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
30 Nov 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua | |
7 Dec 1942: | Enlisted | |
7 Dec 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX38363, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, K.I.A. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maurice Kissane
Cecil John Albrecht was born in Brisbane in 1919. The fifth of six children born to William and Wilhelmina Albrecht. He arrived on Christmas Day. Cecil was working as a Grocer's Assistant when he was enlisted into the militia in mid 1940. He subsequently volunteered for the 2nd A.I.F. when Japan entered the war.
He spent 1942 on active service in Papua. Cecil was twice promoted before he fell in combat. He was K.I.A in the fierce Battle for the Gona - Buna Beachheads in December 1942.
His CWGC Epitath states "A TRIBUTE TO OUR BRAVE LOVING SON CECIL. MUM, DAD, SISTERS AND BROTHERS".