Detail victim

Name DROCK
Initials CA
First name CECIL ALFRED
Place of birth Parramatta
Country New South Wales, Australia
Last residence Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family Son of Richard Drock and Margaret (nee Gallagher); three daughters: Vera (1910), Eva Noreen (1912) and Irene E.Follmer (1913);
Husband of Margaret Irene Drock (nee Malone), of Holmes Rd., Maida Vale, Western Australia
Profession Baker

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 15 February 1915, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Service number 57
Rank Private
Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
Regiment and unit 28th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 7th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career Embarkation at Fremantle, 12 July 1915; to France March 1916; embarked for England 23 July 1916; to France 29 May 1917

Wounded 20 September, 'on the right of Passchendaele, after taking the 3rd objective'
Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds right thigh at N°10 CCS
Date of death 23 September 1917
Died at the age of 33
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - C - 17