James Arthur CROCKER

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CROCKER, James Arthur

Service Number:	2388
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Aswardby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire., 1890
Home Town:	Boorowa, Boorowa, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds, France, 25 April 1918
Cemetery:	Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, France Grave I. A. 16. Personal Inscription IN HER LOVING REMEMBRANCE FROM MOTHER., Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boorowa War Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2388, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2388, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Sep 1890 Crocker James Arthur Spilsby 7a 539

His brother, Trooper Reginald George Crocker, Service No.114062, Fort Garry Horse, 1st Canadian Cavalry fell 28th March 1917, aged 35 years.

Reginald left a widow, Harriet Crocker of Mount Pleasant, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. Interred in Bray Military Cemetery - II.D.3.

They were sons of Elizabeth and George Crocker, of Aswardby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire. They are remembered on the Aswardby and Sausthorpe Roll of Honour.

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