CROSS, Robert Eric
Service Numbers: | 6785, 6785A |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1917 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bendigo, Vic., 1899 |
Home Town: | Alberton West, Wellington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Assevillers New British Cemetery I D 10, Assevillers New British Cemetery, Assevillers, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarram WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6785, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6785A, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 6785A, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
28 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 6785, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6785 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
PTE. ERIC CROSS
Wo have to record the death in action of this young soldier within a few days of his expected relief from the trenches. He was an employee of Messrs G. Kinnear & Sons before enlisting, and prior to embarkation was tendered a send-off and presentation by his fellow employees. He was a young men of quiet unassuming disposition and was highly esteemed by those with whom he came in contact. Pte Cross, was a nephew of ex Cr Treganowan, of Williamstown.