Walter Richard CROFTS

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Service Number:	342
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Machine Gun Company
Home Town:	Bruthen, East Gippsland, Victoria
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruthen Congregational Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Bruthen War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

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16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 342, 15th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 342, 15th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

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