CROSIER, Edward John
| Service Number: | VX29220 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia, 4 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Maffra, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 2006, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX29220 | |
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| 20 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX29220 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, VX29220 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Edward was the eldest of four children of Robert (Bert) Albert Edward Crosier (born 1893 in Natimuk, Victoria) and Myrtle Alice Risely (born 1896 in Maffra, Victoria). Bert, a Labourer in Lal Lal in Bendigo, Victoria, married Myrtle in 1918 in Traralgon, Victoria. Bert and Myrtle moved to Heyfield in Maffra, where Bert worked as a Labourer.
Edward was working as a Grocer and Telephone Attendant in 1939 when he enlisted - initially in the Militia - and in June 1940 transferred to the AMF (Infantry) where he was a Corporal (Service No: VX29220) with 19 RMT Coy, 6 Division Petrol Coy, 1 Australian Air Maintenance Coy in the Middle East (8/4/1941 - 7/8/1942), New Guinea (30/11/1942 - 23/4/1944) and SWPA (21/3/1945 - 8/11/1945). Brother Noel (Service No:VX105149) also served in WWII.
Following his Discharge in December 1945, Edward returned to Maffra in victoria and was working as a Grocer's Assistant in 1951 when he married Joyce Mildred Beare (born 1917 in Dandenong, Victoria). Joyce was a Typist in Sale before her marriage.
Edward and Joyce settled in Bairnesdale, Victoria, where Edward was a Manager. Joyce died in 1993 and Edward in 2006.
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