Allan George CROSS

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CROSS, Allan George

Service Number:	5676
Enlisted:	11 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, 3 February 1898
Home Town:	Claremont, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 July 1980, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
Memorials:	Yolla Honour Roll, Yolla Mount Hicks Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5676
23 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion
8 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5676, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart
8 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5676, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5676, Gun Shot Wound: severe - face, chest, arm
26 Sep 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5676, 40th Infantry Battalion, per HT A30 Borda
29 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5676, 40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Allan George Cross was a Farmer at Mount Hicks, Wynyard, Tasmania when he enlisted on 11 April 1916 in the AIF, serving as a Private (Service no: 5676) with 18th Reinforcements 12th Battalion and 40th Battalion. On 7 June 1917 Private Cross was severely wounded at Boulogne, France, receiving Gun Shot Wounds to the face, chest and ar,

Private Cross took his Discharge on 29 December 1917, and returned to Tasmania where he farmed at Takone on Table Cape in Tasmania until the late 1950s

Allan married Frances Erina Elsie Maud Richards in 1950, and they retired to Maroochydore, Queensland in 1958

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