CRAWFORD, Ronald
| Service Number: | 1025 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Laura, 22 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Goodwood, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Goodwood School and Unley High School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1025, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1025, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Obituary
The Advertiser Monday 30 August 1915 page 9
THE LATE PRIVATE R. CRAWFORD.
The father of Private Ronald Crawford, of 16th Battalion (Mr. John Crawford, Owen-street, Goodwood), has received a cable message from a soldier friend, stating that "Ronald fell in a bayonet charge on May 2. He died like a soldier. This cablegram has since been confirmed by several Goodwood boys, who have written the same news to their people, and one of the returned wounded soldiers of the 16th Battalion informed Mr. Crawford that he was present, with other soldiers, and assisted at the burial of his son. Private Crawford left here with the 2nd Contingent,and celebrated his 19th birthday on the troop ship. He was educated at the Goodwood school, and later at the Unley High School.
Submitted 22 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Son of John CRAWFORD and Agnes Violet nee McCULLOCH
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