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CREBERT, Harold Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2129 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Waratah Public School, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Iron Moulder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 26 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cundletown Employees of A Goninan & Co Ltd. Roll of Honor, Mayfield Methodist Church HR, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Waratah Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2129, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2129, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carrie Henderson
Harold Charles Crebert was born in 1883 in Waratah, New South Wales to Joseph Francis & Elizabeth Ann Crebert. He was the second child out of ten children born to the couple. Private Crebert attended Waratah Public School. Prior to joining the Australian Imperial Force during World War I he worked as an iron moulder. In 1908 he married Mabel Ellen Burns. Sadly on the 26th of August 1916 he was killed in action while in Pozieres, Somme Sector, France. His name is listed on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
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