Henry Victor CREES

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Service Number:	601
Enlisted:	30 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rudge, Somerset, England, 1884
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	St John's College, Frome, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

30 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 601, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 601, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
3 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 601, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, KIA 3 May 1915

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Next of kin given as his sister Florence Crees of Rodden House, Somerset, England

Husband of Mary Ellen Crees of Church Farm, Upper Noble, Bruton, Somerset, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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