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BIRD, Cecil George
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX11985 |
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Enlisted: | 29 April 1941, Claremont, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Geraldton, Western Australia, 27 May 1919 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not known |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 27 July 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial - Column 92, Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
29 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Private, WX11985, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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29 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11985, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
27 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, WX11985, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cecil George BIRD was born on 27th May, 1919 in Geraldton, Western Australia
His parents were Albert Ernest and Ellen Mary BIRD