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CRUICKSHANK, Harold James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 300 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, South Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Red Cross |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1890 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brunswick State School, Victoria, Australia(aka Albert Street Central School No. 1213) |
| Occupation: | Clerk Victorian Railways |
| Died: | St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 300, 5th Infantry Battalion, South Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 300, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 300, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 300, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gun shot wound, left upper arm. Evacuated per Hospital Ship Gascon to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Red Cross | |
| 21 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Red Cross | |
| 2 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, Australian Red Cross | |
| 19 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 300, Australian Red Cross, Embarked Liverpool, England, per HT Ajana. Disembarked Melbourne 11 October, 1919 | |
| 10 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 300, Australian Red Cross |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Willaum and Elizabeth CRUICKSHANK, 1 Kilby Grove, South Melbourne, Victoria
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