Virtual War Memorial | Leslie Charles CRACKNELL

Leslie Charles CRACKNELL Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

CRACKNELL, Leslie Charles

Service Number:	6072
Enlisted:	12 September 1916, 2 yrs senior cadets 3 yrs 37th infantry
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1895
Home Town:	Woonona, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Woonona Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hit by shell during advance, France, 31 August 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. France Hem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 14), Hem-Monacu, France, Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6072, 20th Infantry Battalion, 2 yrs senior cadets 3 yrs 37th infantry
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6072, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6072, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
9 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6072, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW to scalp

Help us honour Leslie Charles Cracknell's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.