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- Cyril Stephen TICEHURST Regimental number 33661 Religion Roman Catholic Occupation Labourer Address 'Kia Ora', South Street, Grenfell, New South Wales Marital status Single Age at embarkation 22 Next of kin Mother, Mrs Margaret Ticehurst, South Street, Grenfell, New South Wales Enlistment date 7 January 1917 Rank on enlistment Gunner Unit name Medium Trench Mortar Battery Reinforcement 7 AWM Embarkation Roll number 13/129/2 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917 Rank from Nominal Roll Gunner Unit from Nominal Roll 10th Field Artillery Brigade Fate Returned to Australia 19 February 1919 -------------------- Cyril never married nor had children. He typed a brief family history in which I have a copy of , he stated He was a dud as he was the only one to not get married. Cyril was a labourer when at 22 years of age he enlisted in the first world war to serve his country as a gunner. His embarkment date being the 11th of May 1917., he returned to Australia on the 19th of Febuary 1919. In 1950 while working as a butcher in Grenfell , Cyril was approached by a man named John Meredith who was collecting fragments from a song ( the bright shade of blue ) he liked Cyril s version and it was published in " folks songs of Australia".
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1895 - 1976 (81 years)
