CRAKANTHORP, Lawrence Spencer
| Service Number: | 57 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Islington, England, 15 November 1857 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sanitary Inspector |
| Died: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 16 December 1929, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Manly General Cemetery, NSW GEN-T-032 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 57, 36th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 57, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 57, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Florence H Crakanthorp, 'Newbiggin', Manly, New South Wales
Lied about his age to enlist.
His wife died in 1919 and he remarried to Mary Ann CRAKANTHORP
Mr. Lawrence Spencer Crakanthorp, a former champion chess player, died at his residence in Vivian-street, Manly, yesterday, in his 73rd year. On many occasions he was a member of the State chess team. In his younger days he was a fine athlete, and had played cricket with Spofforth and football with C. G. Wade. When he was 57 he enlisted in the infantry and was at the war for four years. He is survived by four daughters and one son. His funeral will leave the residence at 11 a.m. to-day for the Manly Cemetery.
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