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CRAWFORD, Ambrose John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6318 |
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Enlisted: | 11 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres Plot V1, Row F, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: In memory of our devoted son & brother deeply mourned, Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6318, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 6318, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 6318, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
26 Oct 1917: | Involvement 6318, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6318 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Acting Bombardier awm_died_date: 1917-10-26 | |
20 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads:- On the 29th September, 1917, in the Bellewarde-Westhoek Valley, the Battery was being heavily shelled by 5.9 and 8" to such an extent that orders were given to temporarily evacuate the position. Immediately after, a 6 mule team of the 2nd Australian D.A.C. was almost directly hit with a shell, severely wounding two of the drivers and killing one. Notwithstanding the heavy shellfire, Gunner Crawford and Gunner Fenton, accompanied by the Battery A.M.C. Orderly, immediately went to the assistance of the wounded, dressed their wounds and carried them to the Dressing Station. The A.M.C. Orderly was killed in doing so. They went back again to see if they could render any assistance to two Pioneers who has also run over with them in the first place, but had been killed by the same shell that killed the A.M.C. Orderly. I consider thay exhibited the highest form of individual courage under such trying circumstances. Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 31 Date: 7 March 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Isaac and Ellen Crawford of 11 Hawthorn Road, Northcote, Victoria; previously of St Georges Street, Northcote
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal