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CREBERT, Walter Henry
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3046, 3045 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Germany, 5 November 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Niederzwehren Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Haymarket C and W Department Employees Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Mayfield Methodist Church HR, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll, Waratah Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3046, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3046, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3045, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3045 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-05 |
Personal Stories
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Walter Henry CREBERT, (Service Number 3045) was born on 8 November 1892 in Newcastle. He commenced working with the NSW Railways in June 1908 as an apprentice painter at Newcastle in the Locomotive Branch. In 1912, still an apprentice painter he transferred to Eveleigh. On 21 June 1913 his apprenticeship expired, and his employment ended, but by November 1913 he had been re-hired as a 2nd class tradesman painter. This position became permanent in March 1914 and is recorded as ‘painter’.
He was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 7 August 1915.
Submitted 8 June 2023 by John Oakes