John Alexander CRAWFORD

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CRAWFORD, John Alexander

Service Number:	77
Enlisted:	21 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Hindmarsh Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Concrete labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Recovered from an unmarked mass grave in 2009, with 250 of his mates. Grave II. A. 2 INSCRIPTION -HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion
22 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 77 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 32 and the son of John and Christina Rae Crawford.

A new headstone bearing his details will be dedicated to him at a ceremony on the 19th July 2019. He was previously commemorated on the V.C. Corner Australian Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.

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