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- Taken from the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ROLL OF HONOUR DATABASE:
Mallett, Cecil Percy
Number: 6365
Rank: Private [Pte]
Unit: 18th Bn Australian Inf
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of Death: 05/10/1917
Place of Death:
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Memorial Panel: 86
Cemetery or Memorial Details: Belgium 11 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium
Next Of Kin:
Place Of Enlistment: Burwood, NSW
Native Place:
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
In Memory of
CECIL PERCY MALLETT
Private
6365
18th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F
who died on
Friday, 5th October 1917.
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick Thomas and Elizabeth Neill Mallett, of "Berwick,"
Wyalong St., Burwood, New South Wales.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
XX. H. 5A.
Location:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 11.5 kilometres west of
Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the
N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the
Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then over
two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is
a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent
railway level crossing. On reaching Poperinge, the N308 joins the left
hand turning onto the R33, Poperinge ring road. The R33 ring
continues to the left hand junction with the N38 Frans-
Vlaanderenweg. 800 metres along the N38 lies the left hand turning
onto Lenestraat. The next immediate right hand turning leads onto
Boescheepseweg. The cemetery itself is located 1.5 kilometres along
Boescheepseweg on the right hand side of the road. From Calais,
take the motorway A16 signposted Dunkerque/Lille. At Dunkerque
take the motorway signposted Lille/Ypres, the A25. Leave the
motorway at Junction 13, the village of Steenvoorde. Follow the
D948/N38 signposted Ieper/Poperinge. After approximately 8-10
kilometres Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery will be signposted off to the
right. Please Note: Ypres/ Ieper are the same place: Ypres (French
spelling), Ieper (Flemish spelling) Commission signposts are green and
white
Historical
Information:
The Hazebrouck-Poperinghe railway line and the Poperinghe-Ypres
road formed the main communication between the bases and the
Flemish battlefields, and Lijssenthoek, lying close behind the extreme
range of enemy shell-fire, was a natural position for clearing
hospitals. It was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation.
In June, 1915, it began to be used by British Casualty Clearing
Stations; and between that month and the Armistice it became the
second greatest British War Cemetery. From April to August, 1918,
the Casualty Clearing Stations fell back before the German advance,
and Field Ambulances (including a French Ambulance) took their
places; and the French graves in Plots XXVI, XXVII, and XXXI
recalled the French regiments that were sent to Flanders at that
time. Twenty-four British graves in Plot XXXI were brought from
isolated positions near Poperinghe after the Armistice. There are now
nearly 10,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
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