Cecil Leonard Caldicott

1899 - 1942  (42 years)

• Name	Cecil Leonard Caldicott
  Born	26 May 1899	Mount Bryan East, Goyder, South Australia, Australia
  		CALDECOTT Cecil Leonard b1899.png
  Gender	Male
  Physical Description	Eye colour - Hazel, Hair colour - Dark, Complexion - Fair, Distinctive m arks - Tattoo of "Rising Sun" left dorsum forearm
  Physical Description	WWI - 3476
  Physical Description	WWI - Australian Imperial Force 2nd Pioneer Batallion 8th Reinforcements
  Physical Description	WWI - Private
  Physical Description	WWII - 4th Reserve Motor Transport Company
  Physical Description	WWII - Private and Acting Sergeant
  Physical Description	WWII - SX 11596
  Military	28 Aug 1916  [1]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Enlisted to serve in WWI}
  Military	26 Aug 1918	France Flanders, France   [2]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Wounded in action - gassed}
  Military	20 Dec 1918	England, United Kingdom   [2]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Invalided to England for convalescence}
  Military	Between 1939 and 1942	Wayville, Unley, South Australia, Australia   [3]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Enlisted to serve in WWII}
  Military	1941	Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia   [4]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Missing in action beloved to be prisoner of war}
  Military	20 Dec 1941  [5]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Promoted to acting sergeant}
  Died	1 Apr 1942	Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia   [6, 7]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Known then as Batavia\ Died from diphtheria - first man from battalion to die at camp.}
  Post mortem	2 Apr 1942	Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia   [8]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Known then as Batavia\ \'93Nip Commandant was also present and (stranger than fiction) brought a w reath\'94}
  Occupation	Farm Labourer / Timber Merchant Wood Machinist, Carpenter, Sawyer / Smelter Worker
  Religion	Baptist / Methodist / C of E
  Buried	2 Apr 1942	Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia   [9, 10]
  	\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5 600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Jakarta War Cemetery Plot 5. D. 9.}
  		CALDECOTT Cecil Leonard b1899.jpg
  		CALDECOTT_CECIL_LEONARD.pdf
  		CALDECOTT Cecil Leonard b1899.png
  Person ID	I7148	Caldicott One-Name Study
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	John Oswald Caldicott,   b. 18 Aug 1871, Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 9 Oct 1956, South Australia, Australia  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susan Sophia Dunstan
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living Haeusler
  Children	1. Living Caldecott  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F2381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Military - 26 Aug 1918 - France Flanders, France Military - 20 Dec 1918 - England, United Kingdom Military - 1941 - Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia Died - 1 Apr 1942 - Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia Post mortem - 2 Apr 1942 - Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia Buried - 2 Apr 1942 - Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  CALDECOTT Cecil Leonard.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S641] Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 (Reliability: 3). Warwickshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910 [S641] Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 (Reliability: 3). [S605] Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945, Series: B884 (Reliability: 3). England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 [S642] Australian Military Forces WW2 Missing And Prisoners Of War (Reliability: 3). [S605] Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945, Series: B884 (Reliability: 3). [S124] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Reliability: 3). [S643] Port Pirie, SA Recorder, Wed 28 Feb 1945 Page 4 (Reliability: 3). [S644] Arthur Blackburn, VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World W ars, Page 361-362 - Extracts from Wing Commander Davis' Diary (Reliability: 3). [S218] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial L ocations, 1300s-Current, Memorial ID 20265281 (Reliability: 3). [S124] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Regimental Number: SX 11596 (Reliability: 3).