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CRANKSHAW, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3788 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Derbyshire, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Marks School, Cheetham, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 13 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3788, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3788, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 3788, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide | |
| 2 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3788, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3788 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Crankshaw of 11 Jackson Street, Crumpsall, Manchester, England
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In his will he bequeated to his sister-in-law, Mary Ann Hewitt of Manchester, England, a plot of land that he had purchased while living in South Australia.