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Cephas Rothwell

Details:

Title

Cephas Rothwell,

Name

Cephas Rothwell,

Also known as

Rothwell, Cephas Edwards,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Manchester (England),

Place of enlistment

Brisbane (Qld.),

Date of enlistment

1915-10-06,

Age

43,

Occupation

Engineers fitter,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

6th Field Company Engineers, 4th Reinforcement,

Rank

Sapper,

Service number

6610,

Next of kin

Lizzie Rothwell - Sister ; 1 Rowsley Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, England.,

Place of death

Yass (N.S.W.),

Biographical notes

He was born on 10 June 1871 at St. Lawrence, Denton, Lancashire, the fifth of six children to Peter and Sarah Anne Rothwell. He married Fanny Daley on 6 June 1900 at St. Lawrence, Denton, Lancashire. Fanny died in Sydney in 1914, and Cephas moved to Darwin. He arrived on 19th November on the SS St. Albans. He was living at 354 Liverpool St. Darlinghurst NSW in January 1941 and died at Yass NSW in 1957.,

History

Fourth Contingent October 1915. Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A67 'Orsova' on 11 March 1916. Discharged in London on 1 October 1917 as permanently unfit for general service to take up duty under Australian Munitions Worker Scheme. Returned to new South Wales, Australia on 22 January 1920 via the 'Friedrichsruh'.,

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, ANZAC,

Related links

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=8038584&I=1&SE=1, http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/AWM8/14_25_2/PDF/0358.pdf, http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page.asp?p=1655184, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/14/25/, http://hdl.handle.net/10070/243112, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067027/RCDIG1067027--358-.JPG [Embarkation Roll], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/14/25/ [Unit War Diary], http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page.asp?p=1655184 [Nominal Roll], http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=8038584&I=1&SE=1 [Service record], http://hdl.handle.net/10070/243112 [Farewell Smoke Social Programme Fourth Contingent October 1915.],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/227121,