Alexander Leslie CRAWFORD

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CRAWFORD, Alexander Leslie

Service Number:	4748
Enlisted:	2 November 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, August 1896
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Heart Failure, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 24 May 1920
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4748, 50th Infantry Battalion
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4748, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4748, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4748, 50th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW leg
13 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4748, 50th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4748, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Adelaide High School

Alexander Leslie Crawford, service number 4748, was born in Adelaide South Australia in 1896. Before his enlistment on the 2nd November 1915, he was a blacksmith living at 8 Railway terrace, Mile-end. His religion was the Church of England and he was not married. Alexander’s parents were Mrs. E Stubbins Crawford and Alexander Crawford. He embarked onboard the RMS Mongolia on 9 March 1916. He was ranked Private on enlistment but eventually made it up to Lance Corporal on the nominal roll. He started in the 10th Battalion, but once he reached Egypt was transferred into the 50th Battalion and served with that unit in France. He was wounded in the leg at Polygon Wood on 26 September 1917, a wound which kept him out of action for about six weeks. He was wounded again on 13 September 1918, but did not require hospitalisation. Alexander eventually returned to Australia 13 April 1919 but unfortunately passed less than a year later, on 24 May 1920 at only 24 years old.

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