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C R Cavanough

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Bungendore and District War Memorial
Given name
C. R. (Claude Russell)
Family name
Cavanough
Service number
7096
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Private
Unit at embarkation
2 Battalion
Service (legacy)
Army
Conflicts
World War 1
Campaign (legacy)
United Kingdom
Veteran Notes/Bio

1.Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW1 ROH (1917 Added name as "C.R.") and Bygone Queanbeyan as "C.R."
2. “MAPPING ANZACS”: Service Number: Depot/N587906 ;POB:Richmond ,NSW:POE:Sydney ;NOK: Wife: Catherine Cavanough.
3. AWM Embarkation Roll: Rank:Private ;Unit: 2 Infantry Battalion - 13 to 23 Reinforcements (December 1915 - November 1916) ; Age: 44 ; Occupation: Station Master;DOE:4.11.1916 ; Embarked:9.11.1916;HMAT Benella.A 24
4. AWM Nominal Roll: Rank:Private ;Unit:2 Battalion;DOE:4.11.16; RTA: 26.09.1917.Discharged MUF ( Overage and Debility) .
5. Stephenson:Mother was Mary Cavanough (nee Buckridge) who died at "Fairview" Bungendore 23.05.1924 aged 89.Claude Russell born 1870,died 1932 North Sydney. 6. NAA File: Joined AIF 24.02.1916 but was discharged after 170 days as "Services Required" by Railway Commissioner( He was a Station Master). Subsequentlyy rejoins AIF 4.11.1916.

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