Albert Edward CRUTCHETT

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CRUTCHETT, Albert Edward

Service Number:	A3909
Enlisted:	23 November 1936
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Boulder City, Western Australia , 10 May 1903
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter (Railways)
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 19 September 1970, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

23 Nov 1936:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A3909, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
22 Nov 1954:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A3909, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Albert was the fourth of seven children of Octavius Edgar Alphonso Crutchett(b1866 at Moonta, South Australia) and Mary Emily Scott (b1870 in New Zealand). Octavius - a Surveyor - and Mary married in 1897 in Moonta, South Australia. Octavius worked briefly as a Surveyor in Mandurah, WA before returning to SA. He and Mary settled in Boulder, WA where they raised their family. Octavius was a Mining Engineer, and heavily involved in the mining industry in the Kalgoorlie Region. Octavius and Mary moved to Perth, WA in 1936.

Albert commenced work for WA Government Railways as an Apprentice Fitter in Bunbury in 1918. In 1924 he married Ethel Ilene May Hislop (b1903 in Bunbury, WA) and the couple settled at Northam, WA. Moving to Perth, WA in the early 1930's, Albert enlisted in the RAAF in 1936 as an Aircraftman. He was a Warrant Officer (Service Nos:A3909/2521) attached to 11 Squadron when he was Discharged in 1954. Albert's military service was concurrent with his civilian employment with WAGR.

Albert died in 1970 and Ethel in 1990.

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