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CROSSMAN, Frank Perry Young
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6058 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 8 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), 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, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6058, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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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