CRAWFORD, Robert William
| Service Number: | 18476 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 June 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Durham Ox, Victoria, Australia , 24 December 1883 |
| Home Town: | Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clergyman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 28 September 1954, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18476, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 2 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 18476, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 18476, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 18476, Army Medical Corps (AIF), ex Suez per HT Orsova | |
| 14 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 18476, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Born in Durham Ox, Victoria in 1882, Robert was the fourth of nine children of Robert (Bob) Crawford (b1855 in Geelong, Victoria) and first wife Anne Elizabeth Neale (b1855 in Warwickshire, England). Bob (a Baker) and Anne married in 1875 in Carisbrook, Victoria and lived in the region (Maryborough, Carisbrook, Durham Lead, Kerang, Durham Ox) until 1894 when Bob moved Anne and the children to Box Hill in Melbourne, Victoria and left for the WA Goldfields with his sister-in-law, their two children together and Bob's eldest son Jim.
Robert was a Clergyman in 1913 in Beechworth, Victoria when he married Mary Morris Orton (b1883 in Beechworth, Victoria) - Mary was a Teacher in Yackandandah and Beechworth. Robert enlisted in the AIF in June 1917 (Private, Driver; Service No:18476) and served in Palestine and Syria with Australian Army Medical Corps, including 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance. Discharged in March 1919, Robert and Mary settled in Sydney, NSW where Robert worked as a Commercial Traveller.
In May 1941 Robert was a Lorry Driver when he enlisted in the ACMF (Sergeant; Service No:N270032) and served with 112 Convalescent Depot and 1 Australian Base Postal Unit. Discharged in April 1944, he and Mary settled in Carlingford in Sydney NSW and Robert worked as a Commercial Traveller. He died in 1954 and Mary in 1971.