Septimus (Septemus) Clare CRUMMER

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CRUMMER, Septimus (Septemus) Clare

Service Number:	488
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wolumla, New South Wales, 16 December 1894
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, 18 October 1972, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right hand)
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , 2nd occasion - GSW (left arm)
3 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 488, 1st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) has incorrectly recorded Christian name as spelled SEPTEMUS

The three sons of Arthur John Crummer and Anne Isabelle (nee Mackay) who enlisted for service in the Great War;

10141 Gnr. Arthur Herbert Crummer (/explore/people/87219), 5th Field Artillery Brigade, returned from active service in 1918

1798 2nd-Cpl. Sydney Leslie Crummer (/explore/people/336687), Army pay Corps, returned from active service in 1920

488 Pte. Septimus Clare Crummer, 1st Infantry Battalion, returned from active service in 1918

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