HALCROFT, Joseph Ambrose Sylvester
| Service Numbers: | 2904, 2904B |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manildra, New South Wales, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Molong, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2904, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 26 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2904, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2904, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2904B, 19th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2904B awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Margaret Corrie
Joseph Ambrose Sylvester Halcroft was son to Mary Ann nee Costello and Richard Halcroft Junior of Molong, He was Grandson to Mary Ann nee George and Richard Halcroft Snr of Molong also grandson of Ellen Costello nee Fitzgerald and of Edward Costello formerly of Bathurst who Died 1863 due to a Horse Riding Accident....he was Sibling to Ellen Halcrfot who died as Infant 1891 in Cargo, Dorothy Leader nee Halcroft, John Francis Halcroft..Plus by his Mothers 2nd Marriage Ethel Heaton nee Gannon, Edward Harold Gannon who also served in France ww1, Thomas Joseph Edward Gannon who died 1904 as an infant..His Mother Mary Ann Gannon nee Costello died 1926 and is Buried at Rookwood Old RC Cemetery alongside his sister Ethel Heaton...He is well remembered today by the Family he never got to meet...
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