CRAN, Alexander
| Service Numbers: | QX3383, QX3383, |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 6 July 1916 |
| Home Town: | Tinana, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Tinana State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer's Hand |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 15 August 2007, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Tinana No 5 Division Burrum Shire Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jun 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, QX3383, died 2007 (RSL) | |
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| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX3383, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jul 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX3383,, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane to Darwin per HMT Z | |
| 26 Dec 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QX3383, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Middle East | |
| 22 Jun 1941: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX3383, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, GSW leg | |
| 8 Oct 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, QX3383, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Middle East for Sydney | |
| 28 Jul 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, QX3383, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Cairns for Milne Bay per Van Heutz | |
| 23 Nov 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Mar 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX3383, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Moresby for Townsville per Taroona | |
| 17 Oct 1944: | Discharged | |
| 17 Oct 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX3383, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sergeant Alexander Cran (Service No:QX3383) enlisted in the Australian Army on 8 June 1940 and served with 2/15 Infantry Battalion in Darwin (1940), the Middle East (December 1940 - January 1943) and New Guinea (July 1943 - March 1944). Sergeant Cran was attached to 2/15 Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 17 October 1944.
Born in 1916 in Maryborough QLD, Alec was the fourth of five children of Disney James Cran (b1884 at Yengarie, QLD) and Rose Beatrice Mortleman (b1888 at Gayndah, Wide Bay, QLD). Disney had worked as a Farm Labourer and Engine Driver at Biggenden and Mt Shamrock Mines, QLD and in 1909 was a Dairy and Cane Farmer at Tinana when he and Rose married in Maryborough, QLD. The couple settled at Bidwell Paddocks, Tinana where Disney was a Dairy and Cane Farmer, later entering into partnership with two of his sons.
Alec was working as a Farmer's Hand in Tinana in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army, and in 1944 in Maryborough QLD he married Lillias Grace Parke (b1916 in Maryborough, QLD) - both Alec and Lillias grew up in Tinana and attended Tinana State School. Alec and Lillias settled in Tinana, where they raised their family and Alec was a Farmer. Alec died in 2007.