CRAN, Thomas McGillivray
| Service Number: | 734 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Farmton, Strathdon, Scotland , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Clatt Kinnithmont, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Engine-driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 1, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 734, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 734, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Promotion to Temporary Corporal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Corporal Cran served with the
9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery.
He enlisted as a Private 28 March 1916 .
He had been a Lance Corporal with the 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery. He embarked, aged 31 from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
He had served with 36th Battalion, C Company.
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs Eliza Cran, 36 Clifton Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.
He is remembered on the Clatt Public School Memorial Roll. The memorial to those who attended Clatt school is today located in Clatt Village Hall.
Clatt (Gaelic cleithe, 'concealed'), is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Its schools are now Clatt Primary School and The Gordon Schools, Huntly. Clatt Primary School is a feeder school for The Gordon Schools, Huntly.
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