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CRACKNELL, Arthur William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8446 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Woolwich, England, 18 November 1870 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Albert, France, 7 August 1916, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 25, Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Corporation WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8446, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 8446, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Botanist, Melbourne |
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The 106th Howitzer Battery, 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade AIF was stationed near Gordon Dump in Sausage Valley (often known as Sausage Gully by the Australians) when it was hit by a German shell which exploded 35 rounds of howitzer ammunition. Drivers William Cracknell and George Denness, Gunners Frank Crommelin, Allan Mercer and Gladstone Page and Bombardier Henry White – were killed. All of them lie buried in Plot 1, Row A in Gordon Dump in graves described by one of their mates as ‘lying 400 yards beyond the La Boisselle crater’.
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