Obituaries Australia

Captain Cedric Holroyd Permezel, 7th Battalion, 1st I.A.F., who died on 14th July from wounds received in action in the Dardanelles, was eldest son of Mr. E. A. Holroyd Permezel, solicitor in the city. He was educated at the Scotch College, Melbourne, passing the junior examination in 1909. From school he entered the staff of Dalgety and Co. Ltd. he received his provisional commission as second lieutenant in 1909 in the old 5th Regiment, his appointment being confirmed in March 1911; became first lieutenant in June, 1912, and captain in August, 1913. He was appointed adjutant to the 58th Battalion (Essendon Rifles), nine months prior to the out- break of war, and was in that position when war broke out. He volunteered for service abroad within a quarter of an hour of the announcement of the outbreak of war, and he was appointed to the 7th Battalion, under Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Elliott. He was specially detailed as temporary second in command of 900 Imperial reservists, and went to England in command of a quota of these men. On his return to Egypt he was temporarily attached to the Head Quarters Staff, and left Egypt for the Dardanelles on 1st May, in command of 2500 of the first reinforcements for various battalions. Reaching the Dardanelles on 6th May, he rejoined his old battalion, the 7th, being placed in command of A Company, consisting of the fomer A and E Companies. He took part in several big en- gagements, including the famous charge at Cape Helles on 9th May. He was 23 years of age. One of his brothers, Lieutenant E. G. de Trembley Permezel, has been in the fighting line since 25th April, in the 5th Battalion, under Lieutenant-Colonel D. S. Wanlise.