Horace Henry CREW

CREW, Horace Henry

Service Number: SX33522
Enlisted: 22 March 1944, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Wirrabara, South Australia, 10 October 1916
Home Town: Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: 15 April 2008, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia
Lawn Cemetery; Row E; Grave 41
Memorials: Wirrabara District WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

22 Mar 1944: Involvement Private, SX33522
22 Mar 1944: Enlisted Wayville, SA
22 Mar 1944: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX33522
26 Jun 1944: Discharged
26 Jun 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX33522
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I478769 Birth Record:  10 Oct 1916 in Wirrabara, South Australia

Father: Charles CREW (b: 15/4/1862 in Wirrabara, SA - d. 13/5/1933 in Wirrabara, SA)
Married: 15/6/1892 in Wirrabara, SA
Mother: Sarah Ann CLIFTON (b: 29/8/1873 Macaw Creek, SA - d. 12/1/1956 Booleroo Centre, SA)

NOK:  Mavis Crew

Siblings:
Beatrice Mignonette CREW  (b: 1/4/1893 in Wirrabara, SA)
Sarah Annie CREW   (b: 15/7/1894 in Wirrabara, SA)
Charles CREW   (b: 15/11/1895 in Wirrabara, SA)
William CREW   (b: 15/6/1897 in Wirrabara, SA)
Ethel Maud CREW   (b: 7/11/1899 in Wirrabara, SA)
Edmund John CREW   (b: 27/3/1901 in Wirrabara, SA)
Frank CREW   (b: 27/2/1903 in Wirrabara, SA)
Florence May CREW   (b: 11/10/1904 in Wirrabara, SA)
Ceicel Clarence CREW   (b: 26/3/1906 in Wirrabara, SA)
Leslie Laurence CREW   (b: 12/11/1907 in Wirrabara, SA)
Dulcie Adelaide CREW   (b: 11/3/1909 in Wirrabara, SA)
Violet Eileen CREW   (b: 26/8/1910 in Wirrabara, SA)
Arthur Edmund CREW   (b: 20/12/1914 in Wirrabara, SA)
Horace Henry CREW   (b: 10/10/1916 in Wirrabara, SA)

22/3/1944     enlisted at Wirrabarra, SA
                    place of enlisting Wayville, SA

Private in 1 Artillery Battalion

26/6/1944     discharged from service

15/4/2008     passed away (91 yrs of age)
buried in:       Port Pirie Cemetery
                    Lawn Cemetery; Row E; Grave 41

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  10/5/2016.  Lest we forget

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