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CRAPPER, Charles
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1643, 969 |
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Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Neilborough, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
Home Town: | Tandara, Loddon, Victoria |
Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Dysentery, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 27 September 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plt B, Row XV, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: In memory of our dear brother sadly missed by his sisters & brother |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newbridge War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1643, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Trooper |
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World War 1 Service
18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Hill 971 | |
27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 969, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 969 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-09-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Elizabeth Crapper
Next of kin given as his brother John Crapper of Tandara, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Boer War with 5th Contingent for over a year