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MCCRABB, Leslie Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7054 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tallygaroopna, Vic., 1895 |
| Home Town: | Marungi, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Marungi State School |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Marungi War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, Shepparton & District War Memorial, Tallygaroopna Soldiers Memorial Hall |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7054, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 7054, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 7054, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCrabb, Marungi, Victoria
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCrabb, of Marungi, have been informed through the Rev. J.A. Lee, that their son, Pte. Leslie McCrabb, was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge on Octboer He had been previously reported as missing.
McCRABB.- In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte. L. J. McCrabb (Les), killed in action at Passchendaele, October 4, 1917.
Deeply mourned.
—(Inserted by his parents and brothers.)
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