Herbert George CRABB

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Service Number:	1697
Enlisted:	13 August 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Henley Beach, South Australia, 6 December 1883
Home Town:	Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Conductor
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 8 August 1916, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare Original Clare School WW1 Memorial, St Peters Heroes War Memorial

13 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1697, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 1697, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
13 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Borda
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1697, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
Date unknown:	Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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