Edward CROSSLAND

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CROSSLAND, Edward

Service Number:	2139
Enlisted:	18 March 1916, Cairns, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cairns, Queensland, October 1883
Home Town:	Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Wrights Creek State School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of Illness (pneumonia - POW of Germany), Valenciennes, France, 22 July 1918
Cemetery:	Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery St Roch Communal Cemetery, Valenciennes, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cairns Cenotaph, Gordonvale War Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2139, Cairns, Queensland
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2139, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2139, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
5 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned Dernancourt/Ancre

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...2139 Private Edward Crossland, 47th Battalion, of Gordonvale, Qld. Formerly a farmer, Pte Crossland enlisted on 18 March 1916 and as a member of the 4th Reinforcements he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Boorara (A42) on 16 August 1916. He served on the Western Front where he was captured by the German army and died whilst a prisoner of war (POW) on 22 July 1918, aged 34." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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