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CROUCHER, Joseph Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4711 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hastings, Sussex, England., 9 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bruce Rock, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Xaverian College, Mayfield, Sussex, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 3 November 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrine Cemetery, Bucquoy Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 18 INSCRIPTION BORN AT HASTINGS, ENGLAND 9TH MARCH 1895 R.I.P. , Shrine Cemetery, Bucquoy, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Memorial of Honour, Bruce Rock War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4711, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4711, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1895 Croucher Joseph Edward Hastings 2b 43
School-Xaverian College, Mayfield, Sussex, England [now defunct]
Father, Morris Croucher, Yardin Rocks via Bruce Rocks, Western Australia.
[Mother, Annie Sarah Woodham, of Perth, Western Australia.]
Address Yardin Rocks, Western Australia
Age at embarkation 21
Enlistment date 18 February 1916
28th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/45/3
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916
Killed in Action 03-6 November 1916
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