Cecil Hubert Perrott

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First Name:

Cecil

Middle Name:

Hubert

Last Name:

Perrott

Mother's Name:

Alice (nee Kemp)

Father's Name:

Thomas Perrott

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

18th Battalion

Company:

C Company

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Sunday, August 22, 1915

Place of Death:

Hill 60 Gallipoli

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Cecil Perrott (Service No 962) was born in Brownsville about 1888. At the time of enlistment he was a single 26 year old clerk.

He embarked on HMAT A40 Ceramic with C Company, 18th Battalion on 25th June 1915. He trained in Egypt and arrived on Gallipoli on 16th August 1915. Cecil missed the Lone Pine battle but took part in the fight for Hill 60. He was killed in a charge on the Turkish trenches and is believed to have been buried by the Turks.

It seems he had been promoted to Cpl but was killed before it took effect. Cecil is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, PERROTT CECIL HUBERT