CROZIER, Walter Samuel
| Service Number: | 5356 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 4 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Numurkah, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Numurkah State School No 2134 |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Respiratory, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, April 1956 |
| Cemetery: |
Numurkah General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Numurkah State School No 2134 Roll of Honour, Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah and District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5356, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5356, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 1 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 59th Battalion, 15th Brigade, 5th Division on arrival at Western Front October 1916. | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter O'Connell
PTE Crozier enlisted in the AIF as an infantryman on the 4 March 1916 at the age of 19 yrs. After completing recruit and predeployment training he subsequently embarked for Europe in July 1916 arriving at the Western Front , France in September 1916. On arrival he was allocated the the 59th Infantry Battalion , 15th Brigade. He spent the duration of his deployment with that unit and participated in all of the battles that the 59th was involved in , in both France and Belgium for the duration of the war. In the early part of his deployment he was trained as a Lewis Machine Gun operator and was promoted to LCPL and became the sectiion commander for his gun team. In September 1917 during the battle of Polygon Wood, he used his inititive during an attack on a number of enemy pillbox's which resulted in the success of the objective. For his actions over 26/27 Sep 17 he was awarded the Military Medal (MM). A copy of his citation is included in his documents section of this site. Also included is the history of his Lewis Gun which was ultimetley returned to Australia at wars end and was /is on display at the National War museum because of the events it was involved in with LCPL Crozier. Later in 1917 he was promoted to CPL. He survived the war and returned to Australia in May 1919 where he was discharged.
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