Lloyd Thomas CRAIN

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CRAIN, Lloyd Thomas

Service Number:	NX54181
Enlisted:	24 June 1940, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Emmaville, New South Wales, Australia, 8 September 1917
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman & Packer
Died:	Illness (Pneumonia & Cholera) whilst a POW of the Japanese, Thailand, 14 June 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A13, B, 9
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kokoda Track Memorial Rose Garden

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX54181
24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX54181, Australian Employment Company, Paddington, NSW

Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of William Thomas CRAIN and Marion Edith CRAIN nee TODD, of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia.

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED

His father died from injuries from a fall in a horse race in 1929 when he was 12 years old

Survived by his mother and brothers Lionel, Herbert and Ronald.

NX54181, L/Cpl. L. T. Crain,
A.I.F. Headquarters, Malaya, on
2/1/1942, writes:—
Dear Miss Hine, — I wish to acknowledge the receipt of a Xmas Hamper from your Society, and I also want to thank you very sincerely for not only what it contained but for the thought which prompted it. A parcel is something which we all look forward to, and I assure you it is very much appreciated .

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