Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Robert Arthur Pye

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Photograph H19362
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1890-07-13
Death Date 1917-10-04
Death Place Belgium
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 17th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 19th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Belgium
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-05-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-08-27
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

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    Officers of the 17th Battalion

    Studio portrait of (probably) Captain Cecil Robert Arthur Pye, 17th Battalion. A medical ...

    Sergeant-Major F. B. Cheadle, Quartermaster Sergeant A. S. Taplin, Sergeants J. Fay, J. H. Allen, ...

    Group portrait of members of the University of Sydney attending No 18 School of Instruction ...

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Date of birth 13 July 1890
Other 1914-08-10 - 1915-03-14 Prior AMF service.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 05 May 1915 Appointed captain in the 17th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 12 May 1915
Date promoted 18 May 1915 Appointed major.
Date of embarkation 22 August 1916
Date promoted 1916-12-17 - 1917-03-18 Temporary lieutenant colonel and temporarily in command of the 17th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 07 March 1917
Date promoted 19 March 1917 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units 19 March 1917 Appointed to command the 19th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 12 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1917
Date of death 04 October 1917

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