John Frank CRESDEE

CRESDEE, John Frank

Service Numbers: 15098, NX49168
Enlisted: 23 October 1917, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
Born: Leichhardt, NSW, 25 August 1898
Home Town: Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Petersham Public School
Occupation: Telephone Mechanic
Died: 22 February 1954, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
ANZAC-8-10-45
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15098, Headquarters Staff, Sydney, NSW

World War 2 Service

14 Oct 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX49168, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
30 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX49168, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of the late C C and the late Alice CRESDEE, 6 Bishop Street, Petersham, Vic.

John served in WW1 in Egypt and Palestine.

He put his age down by 7 years when he enlisted in WW2