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CRAMMOND, Cyril William Hilton
| Service Number: | 3209 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1 June 1896, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 21 June 1978, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Maylands Methodist Church Honor Roll (Book), St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3209, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3209, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3209, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Cyril William Hilton Crammond was born on the 1st of June 1896, in the suburb of Payneham South Australia and his mother was Leah Crammond. In his adult life, he worked as a draper, and was unmarried with no children. Crammond had brown hair and eyes, was 5’7 ft tall, and had a chest measurement of 32 ½ - 34 ½ inches. He weighed 136lbs and had a medium complexion and had a religious denomination of Methodist. He enlisted on the July 1st, 1915, being 19 years of age at the time. He was also a former senior cadet prior to his enlistment responsible for the development of training programmes and the instruction of junior cadets.
On the 29th of December in 1915, 5 months after he enlisted, he travelled to Alexandria. Crammond was then transferred from the 10th, to the 50th Battalion, on the 26th of February 1916. On the 5th of June 1916, he proceeded to join The British Expeditionary Force (BEF), then got on the boat in Arcadian and travelled to Marseille on the 12th of June 1916. After arriving in France on the 11th of June, the 50th fought in its first major battle at Mouquet Farm between 13 and 15 August and suffered heavily with 45 killed and 105 wounded (150 casualties in total). When Crammond fought in this battle, he was severely wounded on the 16th August 1916, with a gunshot wound to the back and spine. He was sent to hospital in England for treatment arriving at the 3rd Auxillary Hospital on the 23rd October 1916 and then was transferred to the Weymouth Hospital until his dischard on 16th of August 1916, at the age of 20, returning home to his home in Adelaide, South Australia on the 14th January 1917. His brother Percival George Alexander Crammond was also wounded during the war.
He successfully applied for a block of land at Monash in December 1920 and he worked as the town gardener in Renmark a position he resigned from in January 1938. He died in June 1978 at the age of 82.