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CRACKNELL, Walter Thomas

Service Number:	NX32378
Enlisted:	17 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Lark Force
Born:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 11 May 1913
Home Town:	Boggabilla, Moree Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 11, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NX32378
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX32378
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX32378, Lark Force, Paddington, New South Wales and assigned to 1 Independent Company, Lark Force.
1 Jul 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX32378, Lark Force, Presumed to have died at sea aboard the unmarked Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.

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