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CRIMMINS, John Francis

Other Name:	Walsh, John - Service Record - Alias
Service Number:	2506
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Telford, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Burnley, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 13 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2506, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2506, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Served under alias of John Walsh