CRADICK, Harry Roland Paul
| Service Number: | 30 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wingate, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Randwick, New South Wales, 5 January 1948 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Morpeth Public School Honor Roll, Morpeth St James Anglican Church Honour Roll, Morpeth War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 30, Randwick, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 30, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 30, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
A card to his sister
7-3-15
Dear Minn
We are leaving here during the next week, our destination unknown. ¼ of the infantry are already aboard ship. Long before this reaches you our next scene of operations will have been published in Australia. We have been here now 13 weeks, a change will be most welcome. We surmise that we will be occupied somewhere in Turkey. Thanks very much for your nice long letter. I congratulate you on your snake – killing, saw it in the “Gazette”. The weather here is cold at night particularly so on the desert, and very hot during the day. We have been frequently out marching and camping all night, so we know something about night operations.
Our regards to Morpeth.
With love to all,
Harry & Rupert
We are both keeping very fit.
Submitted 5 June 2018 by Peter Bodman
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