Cyril Roy Chisholm

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First Name:

Cyril

Middle Name:

Roy

Last Name:

Chisholm

Mother's Name:

Florence (nee Honey)

Father's Name:

Angus Chisholm

Date Enlisted:

Sunday, March 7, 1915

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:

Cyril Chisholm (Service No 845) was born in Kiama, NSW in February 1897 and attended Bowral State School. He was a single 21 year old labourer who had served in the Junior Cadets.

He embarked on HMAT A40 Ceramic with C Company, 18th Battalion on 25th June 1915 and arrived on Gallipoli on 16th August 1915. While engaged in the fighting for Hill 60 he was killed by a Turkish bomb. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, CHISHOLM C R