John Edwin CROCKER

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Service Number:	79
Enlisted:	14 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 2 October 1895
Home Town:	Marleston, South Australia
Schooling:	Richmond Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Tailor's cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery INSCRIPTION LOVED BROTHER OF BERT, STAN AND IVY. LEST WE FORGET. Grave IV. B. 1 , Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Plympton North Richmond Baptist Church Honor Roll

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 79, 32nd Infantry Battalion
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 79, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 79, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 79, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMT Transylvannia, Alexandria for France - arriving Marseilles 23 June 1916
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 79, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
Date unknown:	Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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32nd Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 20 and the son of Albert and the late Isabella Crocker, of Richmond, South Australia.