Ernest Richard KRANTZCKE

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KRANTZCKE, Ernest Richard

Service Number:	5707
Enlisted:	17 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 13 March 1896
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Pyrmont Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Wool classer
Died:	Killed in action, Gueudecourt, France, 4 February 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Mascot War Memorial, Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Fountain

World War 1 Service

17 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5707, 13th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5707, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
3 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5707, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Ernest Richard Krantzcke was the son of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth Ann Krantzcke, of Daceyville, New South Wales.

He was only at the front for a few months before he was killed in action on the night of 4 February 1917, a night of intense fighting for the unit when they attacked Stormy Trench near Gueudecourt, France. Captain Harry Murray was awarded the VC for his gallantry during the fight.

Pte. Krantzcke had two brothers who also served in the AIF, one was returned in 1918 for being under age and the other during 1919.

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