John Alexander CRAWFORD

CRAWFORD, John Alexander

    Service Number: 77
    Enlisted: 21 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1883
    Home Town: Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
    Schooling: Hindmarsh Public School, South Australia, Australia
    Occupation: Concrete Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Plot II. Row A. Grave 2. Inscription: HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, Depot Battalion , Keswick, South Australia
    22 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
    18 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    17 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
    23 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 77, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 77 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 32 and the son of John and Christina Rae Crawford. 

    A new headstone bearing his details will be dedicated to him at a ceremony on the 19th July 2019. He was previously commemorated on the V.C. Corner Australian Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.

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