CRUTTENDEN, Herbert Charles
| Service Number: | 4766 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Hastings, Sussex, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Hastings, Sussex, England |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France, 14 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XIII, Row B, Grave No. 12 INSCRIPTION HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM , Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bassendean War Memorial, Belmont War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4766, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4766, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4766, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4766 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-14 - 1916-08-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1896 Cruttenden Herbert Charles Hastings 2b 9
Killed in action between 14/08/1916 and 16/08/1916
51st Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 20 and the son of Edward Ernest and Mabel Cruttenden, of Eden Hill, West Guildford, Western Australia.
Address - Eden Hill, West Guildford, Western Australia
Enlistment date 6 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 24 November 1915
Unit name 11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/28/4
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916.
His sacrifice is remembered on the Hastings War Memorial in Alexandra Park.
Age at embarkation 20.
Unit from Nominal Roll 51st Battalion
War service: Western Front
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