CROUCH, Benjamin Clifford
| Service Number: | 2791 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prairie, South Australia, Australia , 24 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Inglewood, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Millbrook School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm hand and chair maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Scots Church WW 1 Honour Board_2, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cudlee Creek Honour Roll, Cudlee Creek Millbrook Public School Roll of Honour, Gumeracha Our Fallen Heroes WW1 Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2791, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2791, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2791, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Rootsweb ID: I229838 Born 24/9/1893 in Prairie, South Australia
(SA Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 530 Page: 192 District: Tal.)
Father Joseph Benjamin CROUCH (b. 1 Mar 1860 in Torrens Farm, SA) and
Mother Lucy Frances Crouch (nee LAVER) - b. 1862 Levis Water Holes, SA
Described on enlisting as 23 years of age, single, 5' 8 1/4 " tall; 146 lbs;
fresh complexioin; blue eyes; light brown hair; congregational, lived at Inglewood, SA
27/9/1916 enlisted into WWI
16/12/1916 embarked from Out Harbour, Port Adelaide, onboard HMAT Berrima A35
as a Private with 43rd infantry battalion, 6th reinforcements
16/2/1917 disembarked into Devonport, England
5/3/1917 marched out to 11th Training Battalion
2/7/1917 proceeded overseas to Etaples, France
18/7/1917 taken on strength into 43rd Battalion, in the field
31/7/1917 killed in action - Belgium
NO Known grave
His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Bay 27, Stone V (5), Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
His name is commemorated on Panel 136 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Medals: British War medal (54575) and Victory medal (53703)
Memorial Scroll and Plaque (328698).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 7/10/2016. Lest we forget.
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