CRANWELL, Percival Charles
| Service Number: | 3384 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Memorials: | Payneham Sydenham Road Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3384, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3384, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 2 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3384, 50th Infantry Battalion, The HMAT A48 disembarked at Devonport, England on the 2 of May 1917 | |
| 6 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3384, 50th Infantry Battalion, Percival proceeded to Catford, East London, England | |
| 18 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3384, 50th Infantry Battalion, Percival Joined his unit at the Australian Divisional Base Depot | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3384, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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The Story of Percival Charles Cranwell Before, During and After the War
Percival Charles Cranwell, was born in 1895-96 in Adelaide and grew up on 18 Edmund Street, Norwood, South Australia. Percival Charles Cranwell was a follower of the Methodist religion. He was raised by his mother, Mrs Mary Cranwell and had one brother named Charles Cranwell. Percival or mainly called Percy had brown hair, blue eyes and had fair skin. When Percival was 20 years and 4 months he enlisted in the armed forces to fight In the First World War on the 23rd of March 1916. At the time of his enlistment, Percy was 5 feet 8 inches (152cm) and weighed 132lbs (60kg), with a chest measurement of 31.33 inches. After Percival was medically examined, he was found to have defective vision.
He enlisted again in December 1916, and was successful. Percival embarked from Adelaide as a private on the 10 of February 1917 in the HMAT A48 Seang Bee. He was a part of the 9 Reinforcement to the 50th Battalion.
The HMAT A48 disembarked at Devonport, England on the 2 of May 1917. Percival then proceeded to Catford a small town in East London, England on the 6 of August 1917. On the 18 of August Percival Joined his unit at the Australian Divisional Base Depot. A month later, on the 16 of September Percival was taken on strength (Term referring to a person being added to a military organization, or in some cases becoming an employee of a government department, agency or statutory corporation)
He developed a chest infection in France and was sent to Beaufort War Hospital. Percy re-joined his unit n the 17/3/18. On 13/8/18 he was injured in the field and was sent to Alexandra Hospital due to an GSW (general shrapnel wound). Once the war had finished Percival Charles Cranwell returned to Devonport in England and on 5/1/19 returned to Australia.
Bibliography
- National Archives of Australia, N 2016, Percival Charles Cranwell, accessed 25 March 2018, <http://www.naa.gov.au/>.
- UNSW AUSTRALIA (Canberra), A 2017, 50th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement, accessed 25 March 2018, <https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showUnit?unitCode=INF50REIN9>.
- Virtual War Memorial, R 2015, Percival Charles Cranwell, accessed 24 March 2018, <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/>.
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