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CRADDOCK, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 32 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia, 2 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Port Pirie West Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Augusta Town and District War Memorial, Port Pirie Oval WW1 Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 32, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 32, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 32, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion, Promoted in France but reverted to Private at his own request on 26 October 1916 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Christian name sometimes spelt Sidney
Son of Thomas William Craddock and Louisa Emily (nee Sandford) Craddock of 25 Third Street, Port Pirie West, SA; brother of Charles Craddock, Christina Craddock, Alice Craddock, Lillian Craddock, Edith Caroline Craddock, William Stirling Craddock, Caroline Augusta Adelaide Craddock, Ethel May Craddock and Gertrude Isabel Craddock
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal