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CRIDDLE, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5703 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Dongarra, Western Australia, 7 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Naraling, Chapman Valley, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Dongara State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Narrogin, Western Australia, 18 March 1976, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Narrogin Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Nabawa Upper Chapman Valley Road Board WW1 District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5703, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5703, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5703, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Scheneidemuhl- German Prisoner of war camp Z3010 in Baracke 15 at Soltau Camp. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Emma Criddle, Naraling via Geraldton, Western Australia
Biography contributed by Nola Holt
Harold Criddle was one of the six sons of James Criddle (1857-1927) and Emma Pell (1859-1944) from Naraling in Western Australia that volunteered to fight in World War 1.
Harold was captured at the Battle of Bullecourt on the Western Front and was taken Prisoner of War. He was taken to Fort MacDonald in France and then to Soltau in Germany.
He returned to Australia 5 March 1919.
He received Medals:British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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