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CROAL, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1815 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blairgowrie, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Camdenville Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Syncope And Nephritis, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Presbyterian Section 2C, Grave 2135 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1815, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1815, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1815, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1815, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1815, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...1815 Private Alexander Croal, 19th Battalion, of Newtown, NSW. A Scotish-born migrant with pre-war service with the Citizens Military Forces (CMF) before enlisting in May 1915, Pte Croal left Australia for Egypt with the 2nd Reinforcements in June 1915. After four months on Gallipoli, Pte Croal was hospitalised with jaundice but later contracted pulmonary tuberculosis whilst in hospital at Helopolis. He was repatriated back to Australia in January 1916, but died at the 4th General Hospital at Randwick on 14 July 1916, age 38." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au) (www.awm.gov.au)
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