Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Marshall C F    Pte    3869    Cyril Francis Hasting       21 Inf Bn    20    Jeweller    Single    C of E      

Address:   Address:     Black Rock, Bayview Crescent, Black Rock

Next of Kin:    Marshall, Malcolm, father,   "Heathcote", Clarence St, Elsternwick   Letter from Army on 10/9/16

                                                                 "Gowrie", Bayview Crescent, Black Rock on 14/9/16

                                                                 142 Racecourse Rd, Newmarket  by 10/2/17

                                                                   87 Mt Alexander Rd, Flemington  by 22/2/23  

Enlisted:    6 Aug 1915     

Embarked:     A69 Warilda 8 Feb 1916

Prior service:     58 Inf Regt.

Born in Flemington

 

Relatives:

Eadie, Allan Keith, Cpl,  KIA Gallipoli 08/05/1915 cousin (Richmond)

Marshall, Lionel, Pte 19555 AMC, brother

McKenzie K D Gunner 11736  brother in law

 

Date of death:  06/08/1916

CWGC: "Son of Malcolm and Annie Frances Marshall, of 87, Mount Alexander Rd,

Flemington, Victoria".

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL

 

A case against "C F Marshall" at the Essendon Police Court on 16 May 1914 was adjourned to allow him to complete his drill.

 

Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence Witness says he saw soldier killed by a shell the other side of Pozieres about the date mentioned.  He was hit in the chest, and killed instantly.  Witness was in camp with soldier in Australia, and travelled with him to France, so knew him well.  Description:  Hgt 5ft3 Snowy complexion, Light build Informant :  Beament F G 3769 21st Batt "D" Coy Worgret Camp Wareham   Letter to the British Red Cross from Cyril's father, Malcom Marshall, which was passed to the Australian Red Cross for enquiries.   https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1052411--1-.pdf

 

 

 

War Service Commemorated                                                                        

Flemington State School                                             

Newmarket Baptist Church *

 

In Memoriam

 

MARSHALL.-In proud and ever loving memory of

our dear brave son, Cyril Francis Hastings, 21st

Battalion, 6th Brigade, killed in action instantaneously

by a shell at Pozieres, France, on the 6th August,

1916, in his 21st year.

"Death in the cause of righteousness earns life everlasting,

and we know that all is now well with our boy. God

grant we may be worthy to meet him in the great beyond,

and that the supreme sacrifice so fearlessly made by

him and all other heroes on the battlefield may not be in

vain." 

"The earth is darkened with clouds of gloom, 

Its new-made graves, and its laws transgressed ;

But, see! - how angels from the tomb

Bear all the souls "Gone West."

"Never the Spirit was born, the Spirit shall cease

to be never, 

Never was time it was not, End and Beginning 

are dreams, 

Birthless and Deathless and Changeless remaineth

the Spirit for ever,

Death hath not touched It at all, dead tho' the

house of It seems."

-(Inserted by his father, Malcolm Marshall  

Flemington, and family.)                                                                                                                                                                                                               

MARSHALL. -In proud and loving memory of my

dear son, Cyril Francis Hastings, killed in action

at Pozieres, August 6, 1916 also my dear nephew,

Allan Keith Eadie, killed in action at Gallipoli,

May 6, 1915.

With silence only as their benediction, God' angels come

Where, in the shadow of a great affliction, the

soul sits dumb.

Yet would we say. what every heart, approveth

Our Father's will.

Calling to him the dear ones whom he loveth, in

mercy still.

Not upon us or ours the solemn angel hath evil

wrought;

The Funeral anthem is a glad evangel; the good

die not.

God calls our loved ones; but we lose not wholly

what he has given.

They live on earth in thought and deed, as truly

is in Heaven.

-(Inserted by his loving mother.)

 

MARSHALL- In sad and ever loving memory of

our dear brother, Cyril Francis Hastings, killed

instantly by a shell at Pozieres, August 6 1916.

Manly, unselfish, and brave.

The heart that throbbed with love has ceased to

beat-

The busy hands are still, the willing feet;

Those kindly, lovelit eyes, that humming smile.

Are only hidden from us for a while.

He is not dead.

-(Inserted by his loving sister and brother. Ruby and Frank.)

 

MARSHALL.-In proud and tender memory of my

darling brother, Cyril Francis Hastings, who was killed

(instantaneously, by a shell), at Pozieres, August 6,

1916, in his 21st year,

Somewhere in France there's a vacant spot,

'Tis a grave that's newly made.

And it shelters our boy from the perils and ills

With which life's battle is played. How hard it was to lose him.

But he went at the call of One Who gave for him and others

His only beloved Son.

-(Inserted by his loving sister Ethel, Flemington.)

 

MARSHALL.-In loving memory of my dear brother

Cyril, 21st Battalion, killed in action at Pozieres on 6th August, 1916.

They are not dead who pass from earthly strife

To perfect peace, -(Violet)

 

MARSHALL,-In affectionate and loving memory of

my dear brother, Private Cyril Francis Hastings

Marshall, who was killed in action at Pozieres on

6th August, 1916.

You are not forgotten, Cyril dear,

Or ever will you be:

As long as life and memory last, We will remember thee. 

-(Inserted by his brother and sister-in-law, Private L and

Ethel Marshall, Holden St, North Fitzroy.) 

 

MARSHALL.-In sweet and ever loving memory of

my beloved brother, Cyril Francis Hastings, who

gave his bright young life at Pozieres, France,

August 6, 1916. 

In God's care.     

Why weep at death when life is so much sadder;

Life with its partings and bitter tears;

Life with its blighted hopes and blank to-morrow;

Life with its sweet sad longings.

We know 'tis well: oh, wise and tender Shepherd,

And though our eyes must weep, 

He liveth now in fields of heavenly splendour

The one we could not keep.

(Inserted by his loving sister and brother-in law,

Alice, and K D McKenzie on active service abroad,

and baby Don.)

 

MARSHALL.- In ever, loving memory of my dear

brother, Cyril Francis Hastings, killed at Pozieres, August,

1910; also our dear cousin, Allan Keith Eadie, killed at

Gallipoli, May 6,

Their names will always live.

Although we do not understand the wherefore

and the why.

The tangled skein of life will be unravelled

by and by.

-(Inserted by his loving sister, Daisy.)

 

The Argus 10 August 1918

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1434479