CRICHTON, Eric Charles
| Service Numbers: | 2616A, 2616 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Foster, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Alexandra, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Alexandra, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pleurisy, Mont Dore Military Hospital, Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom, 8 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bournemouth East Cemetery, Hampshire, England Bournemouth East Cemetery (Plot Q, Row I, Grave No. 146), Hampshire, Bournemouth East Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Alexandra War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2616A, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2616, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2616, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 2616A, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2616A awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 8th June......Private Eric Charles Crichton was born at Foster, Victoria in 1898. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 20th July, 1915 as an 18 year old Labourer from Alexandra, Victoria.
Private Crichton arrived in France on 31st March, 1916. He was wounded in action between 22nd – 25th July, 1916 & was sent to Hospital at Rouen, France with Shell shock. He rejoined 7th Battalion in Belgium on 3rd September, 1916.
Private Crichton was sent to Hospital in March, 1917 with diarrhoea then invalided to England on 13th May, 1917 with Pleurisy.
Private Eric Charles Crichton was admitted to V.A.D. at Mere – Sherborne Group, Red Cross Hospitals on 14th May, 1917 with Tuberculosis. He was transferred to Mont Dore Military Hospital, Bournemouth on 30th May, 1917. He died at 11.30 am on 8th June, 1917 at Mont Dore Military Hospital, Bournemouth, England from Pleurisy. Private Crichton was buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bournemouth-east.html
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