Charles CRAPPER

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Service Numbers:	1643, 969
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Neilborough, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Tandara, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Dysentery, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 27 September 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plt B, Row XV, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: In memory of our dear brother sadly missed by his sisters & brother
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newbridge War Memorial

1 Oct 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1643, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Trooper

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Hill 971
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 969 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-09-27

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Son of John and Elizabeth Crapper

Next of kin given as his brother John Crapper of Tandara, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Boer War with 5th Contingent for over a year