Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
CWH Chenhall in the uniform of an officer of the 58th Infantry
(Essendon Rifles) CMF, taken at Seymour circa 25 August 1915.
Australian War Memorial Collection.
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/DASEY1567
Chenhall C W H Sgt 788 Cecil Wilfred Henry 39 Inf Bn 21 Salesman Married Meth
Address: Moonee Ponds, Byron St, 29, "Waverton"
Next of Kin: Chenhall, Ida Sturgess, Mrs, wife, 53 Moonee St, Ascot Vale
Enlisted: 25 Jan 1916
Embarked: A11 Ascanius 27 May 1916
Prior service: 58 Inf Regt
Relatives on Active Service:
Chenhall H P Pte 3673 brother.
Chenhall family members at 29 Byron Street, early 1916. Back row from left: Gordon McRae (Elsie’s fiancé), Elsie, Ida Chenhall nee Morell, Sergeant Cecil Chenhall, Ethel, Ruby Chenhall, Charles Clayton. Front row, seated: Leura, Mrs Morrell, Mary with Bob on her knee, Ruby, Howard Trathan, Clarence Clayton Chenhall (son of Ethel and Charles). Ruby married Howard Trathan. Photo courtesy of the Chenhall family collection.
See also a photograph of the Moonee-Ponds-Methodist-Football-Club
PROMOTION.
Mrs. Cecil Chenhall, "Waverton" [Byron] street, Ascot Vale, has been notified [that] her husband, Sergt. Cecil Chenhall [has] been granted his commission. Lieutenant Chenhall before enlisting held the [rank] of Lieutenant in the 58th Battalion, [Es]sendon Rifles, but resigned his [commis]sion and joined up as a private [in the] 39th Battalion A.I.F., and before [embark]ing had gained the rank of sergeant, [and] since being in France has seen [much of] the heavy fighting. He is the third [son of] Mr. and Mrs. Clenhall, of Byron street, Moonee Ponds, and brother of L [Cpl] Hedley Chenhall, 58th Battalion [AIF] who is also on active service in France.
PROMOTION. (1917, August 30). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74603583
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Friend of:
McRae G A Gunner 28439 Cecil's sister Elsie had been engaged to McRae.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall A-F
Moonee Ponds Methodist Church
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
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