William Norman CROSSON MM

CROSSON, William Norman

Service Number: 322
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Company
Born: Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1892
Home Town: Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mechanic
Died: Natural causes, Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1961, aged 68 years
Cemetery: Gloucester General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
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World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 322, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 322, 1st Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
4 Oct 1918: Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", For bravery and devotion to duty at Allonville, France on the night of 30/31 May 1918. At about 1.30 am on 31st, a heavy hostile shelling of the lorry park caused over 100 casualties. Despite large quantities of ammunition and petrol in the park he assisted, during the whole time of the shelling, with removing 13 wounded to the dressing station.

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