Horace Edward CRAWFORD

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CRAWFORD, Horace Edward

Service Number:	3703
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 16 March 1887
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Pultney Street School
Occupation:	Softgoods Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 3 September 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters All Souls Anglican Church Honour Board WW1, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3703, 12th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3703, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3703, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, RMS Malwa, Adelaide
1 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3703, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3703 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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Biography

"THE LATE LANCE-SERGEANT H. E. CRAWFORD.

Lance-Sergeant Horace E. Crawford was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, of Sixth-avenue, St. Peters, and left Australia on December 2, 1915. After spending some months in Egypt he went to France, and participated in the "big push" on the Western front, where he met his death. He was 29 years of age, and had been employed in the warehouse of Messrs. G. & R. Wills & Co." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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