Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Duncan Sasse

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Photograph E02414
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 05/09/1886
Birth Place United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Death Date 04/05/1934
Final Rank Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 4th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place London
Event Battle of Lone Pine
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    1st Battalion troops having taken 80 yards of a Turkish trench, waiting near Jacob's Trench for ...

    Officers of the 1st Battalion being led on ponies and a donkey by local men and a young boy. ...

    Informal group portrait of officers of the 1st Battalion at Anzac. Identified in the back row, ...

    Outdoor group portrait of officers of the 1st Battalion outside their dugouts at Anzac Cove. ...

    1st Battalion troops having taken 80 yards of a Turkish trench, waiting near Jacob's Trench for ...

    A group of five officers in a gully on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Identified left to right (seated, ...

    A group of men and officers in a trench at Lone Pine, a few days after it was captured from the ...

    Group portrait of the officers of the 4th Battalion, AIF at Merris. Identified from left, back ...

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Timeline

Date of birth 05/09/1886
Date of enlistment 17/08/1914
Date of embarkation 19/10/1914 Embarked with 1 Battalion.
Date promoted 18/10/1914 Appointed Captain.
Date of embarkation 18/10/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 27/08/1914 Appointed Lieutenant.
Date of recommendation honour or award 28/08/1915
Date promoted 19/08/1915 Appointed Major.
Date returned to Australia 22/02/1916
Other 09/11/1916 Returned to duty.
Date of embarkation 25/11/1916 Re-embarked with 1 Battalion.
Other units 1917-07-08 - 1917-09-15 Seniors Officers School, Aldershot.
Other units 06/10/1917 Rejoined 4 Battalion.
Other units 02/03/1917 Transferred to 4 Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 19/04/1917
Other units 20/03/1918 Rejoined 4 Battalion.
Date promoted 01/04/1918 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Other units 16/03/1918 4 Army Anti-Gas School.
Other units 01/04/1918 Temporary Command of 4 Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of discharge 29/04/1919
Other 29/04/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 04/05/1934

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