CROCKER, Gordon
| Service Number: | 83 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Died of wounds - head, At sea on board HS Somali, 28 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 11, Row F, Grave 2 Commemorated with a Memorial plaque in the St Peter's Anglican Church, Ballarat, Victoria, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat St. Peter's Anglican Church Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 83, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria | |
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| 17 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 83, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 83, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 83, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 83, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Krithia | |
| 27 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 83, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to head sustained during Turkish shelling of Steele's Post. Evacuated to HS Somali however died of his wounds prior to sailing and was buried at Gallipoli. | |
| 28 Jul 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 83, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 83 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-07-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Age given on enlistment was 27 years this would make his year of birth 1887c however his birth was registered in 1885 record number 383
Son of George Crocker and Clara Crocker nee Walsh of Ballarat, Victoria. Brother of Harold Theodore Crocker, Frederick Eustace Crocker who was killed in action on 3 May 1917 while serving with the 17th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, Hilda Crocker, Esther Isherwood, Alice Mary Crocker, Clara Caroline Crocker, Elizabeth Dening Crocker and George Edwin Crocker
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets
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