CRAKE, George Cecil
| Service Number: | 199 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, 22 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Point Piper, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Morpeth Grammar School, Northumberland, England |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 14 May 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row B, Grave 3 Chaplain E.N. Merrington officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 199, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 199, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 199, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 14 May 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 199, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 199 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-14 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
George Cecil CRAKE, (Service Number 199) had been born on 22 May 1891 at Morpeth, Northumberland. He worked in the Traffic Branch of the Tramways as a conductor from March 1914 until September of that year when he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. By the time of his enlistment his parents may have been deceased as he gave the name of his brother, living in Newcastle-on-Tyne, as his next of kin.
He left Australia on HMAT ‘Star of Victoria’ on 20 October 1914.
Submitted 8 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Residential address at the time of enlistment was 'Patonga', Wolseley Road, Point Piper, NSW
Son of Edward and Margaret Crake of Northumberland, England
Next of kin given as his brother John Crake of Trewalt Road, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George Cecil CRAKE, (Service Number 199) was born on 22nd May 1891 at Morpeth, Northumberland, England. He worked in the Traffic Branch of the Tramways as a conductor from March 1914 until September of that year when he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. By the time of his enlistment his parents may have been deceased as he gave the name of his brother, who was living in Newcastle-on-Tyne (England), as his next of kin.
He left Australia on HMAT ‘Star of Victoria’ on 20th October 1914. Although he was a member of the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, he fought as an infantryman at Gallipoli. He was killed in action at Monash Valley on 14th May 1915.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board