CRAWFORD, William Henry
| Service Number: | 3011 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 June 1916, Enlisted, Goulburn, New South Wales. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Delegate, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Delegate, Bombala, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia , Delegate, New South Wales, Australia, 16 July 1937, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Delegate Cemetery, New South Wales RC, Row G, Grave No 22. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted, Goulburn, New South Wales. | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3011, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3011, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| 25 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Dismissed due to Court Martial. |
Obituary foe William Henry Crawford.
Delegate Argus (NSW : 1906 - 1943), Thursday 22 July 1937, page 2
Obituary
MR. W. H. CRAWFORD
It is our sad duty to record the death of Mr. W. H. Crawford, of Kirkenong, which took place at ihe Delegate Cottage Hospital on Thursday' .afternoon last after a week's illness with pneumonia. Deceased was 42 years of age
andtheeldest son of Mr andMrs D. Crawford, of Brown's Camp. Will had made many friends in Delegate and district, and the news of his death came as a great shock to them. A bereaved wife and five young children (four boys' and one girl) are left to 'mourn the loss of a loving husband and father. The eldest of the children is 12 -years and the youngest two months. Deceased had five brothers (Alex, David, Robert, and Arthur, of t Brown's Camp ), and three sisters .
( Mr.Crawford 'enlisted in the Great War in Apiil I916, and was a member of the 60th Battalion. ( He was on active duty till the end of the war! .He rose from Piivate to Corporal, and from Corporal to -Lieutenant, and he won the Military Medal, with bar attached. In, respect of a departed comrade, two flags were flown at halfmast, outside the School of Arts on Friday morning.
David, 'his brother, also served at the war. The funeral took- place on Friday afternoon, to the R-.C. portion of the Delegate .
Submitted 1 June 2022 by Lynette Turner
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