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Name: SHORT, Cecil Charles (Rev.)

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Photo Source: Sydney Morning Herald 30 Dec 1933

Birth Date: 27 Aug 1890 Ashfield, NSW, Australia

Death Date: 30 June 1948 Burwood, NSW, Australiaroad accident

First Date: 1922

Last Date: 1929

Profession: Church Missionary Society missionary

Area: Nairobi, 1930 Weithaga, Fort Hall

Married: In Sydney 5 Apr 1918 Joyce Ellen Begbie b. 1896 Marrickville, NSW, d. 21 June 1970 Castle Hill, Sydney (sister of Charys Elizabeth Begbie)

Children: Ruth Helen (4 May 1919 Sydney-5 June 1985 West Pennant Hills, NSW); Stephen Cecil (19 May 1921 Sydney-2 Mar 1978 North Balwyn, Victoria); Margaret Joy (8 Dec 1922-1923 Sydney); Kenneth Herbert (6 July 1927 Nairobi-19 Oct 2014 NSW); 2 others

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Foster

General Information:

Ordained 1915
Foster - Rev Cecil C Short - Killed in a road accident 1948.
CMS Missionary Weithaga 1919-36
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, YMCA
Became rector of St Andrew's, Wahroonga, Australia

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