Charles Alfred CRAPPER

CRAPPER, Charles Alfred

    Service Number: 3269
    Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Tandara, Loddon, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Dingee Tandarra's Fallen Heroes, Serpentine Shire of East Loddon Great European War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    11 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    11 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    8 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
    21 Aug 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW to abdomen and left arm sustained near Wyschaete. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 8 March 1918.
    4 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, SW to shoulder. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 27 August 1918.
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
    18 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW to right thigh sustained during the assault on the Hindenburg Outpost Line. Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit.
    8 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 14th Infantry Battalion, RTA 10 December 1918 and discharged (MU).

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Family/military connections
    Brothers:

    5063 Pte Arthur Leslie CRAPPER, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 March 1919;

    2606 Pte John Gordon CRAPPER, 23rd Bn, died of disease, 2 May 1918;

    Uncle:

    969 Sergeant Charles CRAPPER, 14th Bn, died of disease, 27 September 1915.

    Source: AIF project, ADFA

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