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CRICHTON, Joseph Michael Smith
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2198, 2199 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Sunderland Durham, United Kingdom, 16 March 1889 |
Home Town: | Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave but is listed on Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2198, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2198, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
8 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2199, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2199 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-08 |
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