CRAMB, Frederick Blachree
| Service Number: | 2362 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall, England, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Truro College, Cornwall, England |
| Occupation: | Assayer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot I, Row B, Grave no. 9 Personal Inscription A BROTHER BELOVED A BIG HEARTED LOYAL FRIEND , Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Longueau British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menzies War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2362, 28th Infantry Battalion, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2362, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2362, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 16 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2362 | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 70th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 70th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2362 | |
| 6 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 10 Jul 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 2362, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2362 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-07-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frederick Blachree CRAMB was born in 1881, St Michael , Penkevil near Truro, Cornwall , England
His parents were William CRAMB and Sarah Emma WELLS who married on 19th November, 1873 in Minsterworth, Gloucester, UK
Frederick came to Western Australia on the ship Ortona in 1900 aged 19 years and embarked at Albany (King George Sound)
He enlisted in Kalgoorlie on 17th July, 1915 as a Private and embarked with the 28th Battalion, 5th reinforcements on 13th October, 1915 on the ship HMAT Themistocles.
Frederick died of Wounds on 10th July, 1918, Villers Bretonneux, France and is buried in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers Bretonneux, France
Inscription reads
"A BROTHER BELOVED, A BIG HEARTED LOYAL FRIEND"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the State War Memorial in Mount Eliza, Western Australia.
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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His brother Algernon Robert CRAMB also served (SN858) and died in 1926 in Trundle NSW in a shunting accident (he was a guard) he was married to Inez SECKOLD in 1920 & had two children
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Forename registered at birth [doubly registered] was Frederic.
Births Dec 1881 CRAMB Frederic Blachree Truro 5c 135
CRAMB Frederic Blachree Truro 5c 138
St Michael Penkivel, sometimes spelt St Michael Penkevil, is a civil parish and village near Tregothnan Probus, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the valley of the River Fal about three miles (5 km) southeast of Truro.
Address-Cosmopolitan Mine, Kookynie, Western Australia
Next of kin-Brother, Alexander Charles Cramb, Croydon, London, England
Enlistment date-28 July 1915.
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-17 July 1915
Private-28th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement.
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915-he was then aged 34.
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