William Edward CRAM

Badge Number: 25840, Sub Branch: Mt Gambier
25840

CRAM, William Edward

Service Number: 2048
Enlisted: 9 May 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Motor Transport Company
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1898
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 11 January 1962
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Derrick Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Compton Presbyterian Sunday School Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls
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World War 1 Service

9 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2048, Mount Gambier, South Australia
28 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2048, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2048, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
18 Dec 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2048, 5th Motor Transport Company

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Extract from RSL Membeship Card

 

new_enrolled_rsl: 22/12/1920
badge_no: 25840
member_type:
sub_branch: Mt Gambier
new_member_until:
non_aust_service:
wife: Annie Elizabeth (nan)
children: Elsle MacMillan (mrs Freeman MT Gambier) William David(Woodside)
other_family:
other_information_from_cards: ---
:red_cross_import:
bibliographic_record_no: b29524763
archival_no: SRG 76/1/4716
title: Papers relating to No. 2048 Private W. E. Cram, 67th Battalion
dates: '1917'
personal_names:
- Cram, William Edward, 1898-1962
corporate_name: Australia. Army. Battalion, 67th
added_personal_names:
- Cram, Clara Elizabeth
added_corporate_name: ''
pdf_url: http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/sarcib/SRG76_1_4716.pdf
other_url:
- http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3440073
soldier:
- archival_no: SRG 76/1/4716/Soldier
name: Cram, William Edward
service_number: '2048'
rank: Private
naa: '3440073'
unit: 67th Infantry Battalion
location:
- France
enquirer:
- archival_no: SRG 76/1/4716/Enquirer/1
name: Cram, Clara Elizabeth
relationship: mother
address: Bertha Street, Mount Gambier, South Australia

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