CRAWFORD, Edward
| Service Number: | 2327 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hagley, Tasmania, Australia, 28 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brass finisher |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Belgium, 21 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot XIII, Row D, Grave 3. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2327, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2327, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, 2327, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward was one of five Crawford brothers from Tasmania, all of whom served in the Australian Field Artillery. Three of the brothers died during the Great War. They were all aged between 18 and 24 years old.
Edward served at the Anzac landing, in the 9th Battery of the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, alongside two of his brothers for the entire duration of the Gallipoli campaign.
He served right through 1916 and was finally mortally wounded on 21 October 1917, a shell causing fractures to his legs, which caused to his death later the same day.
His father noted on his roll of honour form, “Two brothers killed and two returned, five in all”
His father also noted in a letter to the AIF, regarding the late return of his son’s personal effects, “These things do not help recruiting, we gave all our sons, without the recruiting officer, and we think we should have a little more consideration.”
They were the sons of George and Sarah Ann Crawford of Burnie, Tasmania.
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