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CRACK, Albert Henry
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1472, 6463 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Coomooroo South Australia , 7 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer |
| Died: | Haemorrhage , Terowie South Australia, 24 November 1961, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peterborough Cemetery, SA Unmarked grave. Protestant 3 Row 9 Lot 707 |
| Memorials: | Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Peterborough Uniting Church Porch Memorial Leadlight Window 1, Peterborough War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1472, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1472, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 6463, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Personal Stories
A hard life
My grandfather signed up was served overseas . I never had the privilege of meeting him as he died 2 years before I was born . He only married once in 1918 and all wedding photos show him seated as standing was quite painful I am told. He suffered what was described as severe injuries to both legs when he was shot and returned to Australia via Egypt and many other countries . His lost his wife in 1937 leaving him with 6 young children . Family rallied around to help him raise his family during the depression in Peterborough. He passed in 1961. Hopefully more information is yet to be added .
Submitted 26 August 2019 by Kathryn Hatcher
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