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CRAWFORD, Clarence Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3262 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Platelayer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 1. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3262, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, T.O.S. from 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 55th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Clarence Roy Crawford gave his next of kin as a friend, Mrs. Ada Jane Lees. When queried by Base Records as to his family she wrote,
“He always said his mother died before he remembered her at all, and his father when he was about seven years old, he had no brothers or sisters, in fact he did not seem to have a relation in the world. He said I was the only mother he ever knew, and I loved the lad as much as he was my own son.”
Ada Jane Lees later received his medal entitlements, personal effects and photographs of his grave.