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CROSSLEY, Albert Blackburn
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 138 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, Tatura, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Tatura, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tatura State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tatura All Saints Church of England WW1 Honour Roll, Tatura R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Sub-Branch Honour Roll, Tatura St Andrew's Presbyterian Church WW1 Roll of Honor, Tatura War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 138, Tatura, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 138, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 138, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 138, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery | |
| 18 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 138, 1st Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages |
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"...138 Private Albert Blackburn Crossley, 1st Battalion, of Tatura, Vic. Pte Crossley enlisted on 18 January 1915 and was killed in action on 6 March 1917 at Warlencourt, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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