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CRACKNELL, Albert Edward

Service Number:	2830
Enlisted:	1 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Parkside, 9 November 1892
Home Town:	Sturt, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Killed in Action, Louverval, France, 15 April 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Marion District Roll of Honour WW1, Marion War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Jun 1915:	Enlisted
21 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2830, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2830, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 2830, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2830 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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