Wakefield Clifford (Cliff) CRIGAN

CRIGAN, Wakefield Clifford

    Service Numbers: 1123, 1177
    Enlisted: 22 September 1914
    Last Rank: Company Sergeant Major
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1888
    Home Town: Gunning, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia, 30 November 1976, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Queenscliff Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1123, 5th Infantry Battalion
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1123, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1123, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1123, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    8 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1123, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to right thigh (sustained during 2nd Krithia).
    1 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion, Gallipoli
    8 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1123, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    17 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt. Also given new SN 1177 at this time.
    27 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1177, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    31 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion, France
    22 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 57th Infantry Battalion, France
    8 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1177, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    26 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1177, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW to neck. Invalided to England.
    25 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1177, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux
    23 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1177, 57th Infantry Battalion, RTA 8 October 1918

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    After the war, WO Crigan tried his hand at mixed farming and was granted a soldier settlement block in the Yea region of Victoria, which he farmed for several years.

    He also continued to serve in the Militia and his attestation papers show he was commissioned Lieutenant in the 20th Light Horse in February 1927.

    His service is remembered at St Georges C of E in Queenscliff, Vic. and also at St James Anglican church in Point Lonsdale, Vic.

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