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CRANSTON, James Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3441 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 October 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Austraia, 22 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Reservoir, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 23 July 1918, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row E, Grave 2, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3441, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 3441, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 3441, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Jane Cranston of 'Arbroath House', Crompton Street, Preston Reservoir, Vic. later of Keele Street, Collingwood, Vic.(1918) and Perry Street, Collingwood, (1921)
17 June 1921 - his father wrote to Base Records stating that James was a Widower and father of 3 daughters (the eldest, Elizabeth was 8 years old) with Samuel and that James wife, Christina had died 4 years earlier.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal - medals to Samuel Cranston to be held in trust for the eldest daughter