CROSSLEY, Norcliffe
| Service Number: | 1741 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Westcombe Park, South London, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Corrigin, Corrigin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Addey and Stanhope Secondary School, New Cross, London SE, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer in Australia. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corrigin War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1741, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1741, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Births Mar 1890 Crossley Norcliffe Greenwich 1d 1139
He was 26 and the son of Samuel and Edith Crossley, "Woodlands," Bellegrove ; East Wickham Welling, Kent, England.
Emigrated 1910.
Enlistment date 20 January 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
11th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/28/2
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Place of wounding Pozieres, Somme Sector, France
Honoured in the EAST WICKHAM AND WELLING WAR MEMORIAL HALL [HALL WITH MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN THE MAIN HALL ]
Station Approach
Welling
Bexley
DA16
England.
Also honoured on the East Wickham War Memorial and the Welling Memorial and on the Bexley Roll of Honour.
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