James Arthur CRAPP

CRAPP, James Arthur

Service Number: 31809
Enlisted: 18 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: Medium Trench Mortar Batteries
Born: Chotiki, New Zealand, 1887
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 10 April 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Eye witness stated that they last saw him 500 years from Ploegsteert Wood when retreating under heavy fire, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31809, Enlisted at Sydney
2 Dec 1916: Involvement Gunner, 31809, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916: Embarked Gunner, 31809, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
10 Apr 1918: Involvement Gunner, 31809, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 31809 awm_unit: Corps Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Battery Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-10

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was People's Palace, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin was given as his sister Mrs Isabell Brown of Tindall Street, Springland, Blenheim, NZ; brother of Sidney Crapp of Whakatane, NZ, Elizabeth Crapp and Eva Terasa Crapp

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal