Frank Perry Young CROSSMAN

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CROSSMAN, Frank Perry Young

Service Number:	6058
Enlisted:	12 June 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, SA, 8 August 1891
Home Town:	Prospect, Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Croydon West, South Australia, 7 November 1954, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Enfield Methodist Church Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board

World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6058, Enlisted at Adelaide
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6058, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6058, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
7 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In the field
7 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6058, Gassed. Invalided to England on 16 November 1917
13 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, In the field
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 6058, Wounded 2nd occasion. Gunshot wound to the back. Invalided to England on 14 August 1918
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 6058, 10th Infantry Battalion
29 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6058, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 6058, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Crossman and Deborah Annie Heldon (nee Bayley) Crossman of Gordon Street, Prospect, SA; brother of H arrold Griffith Crossman, Dulcie Alice Crossman and Robert George Ernest Crossman

16 June 1919 - commenced return to Australia on HT Ormonde disembarking on 29 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 24 November 1920 Frank married Lily March in the Methodist Church, Brompton, SA. Lily died on 8 October 1921 at Bowden, SA

On the 2 November 1929 Frank married Kathleen Muriel Firth in St Pauls Church, Adelaide

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