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KRATZMANN, William Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3669 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 5 December 1895, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Crushed to death, Albion Sawmill, Albion, Qld., 15 January 1951, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3669, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3669, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY ROLLING LOG
BRISBANE. Jan. 15.— A 55 year old sawmill employee. William Wilhelm Carl Kralzmann, of Albion, was crushed to death by a three-ton log at the Albion sawmill of H. W. Kratzmann and Son today. Police were told that Kratzmann was helping to unload logs from a railway truck by means of a ramp when a large log began to roll down the ramp. Kratzmann slipped while trying to scramble out of its path and the log crushed him up against another pile of logs.
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