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Norman Benjamin Lyndon CRABB

Regimental number450
Place of birthRenmark South Australia
SchoolPublic School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGardener
AddressNorton Summit, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Elizabeth Crabb, Gladstone avenue, Magill, South Australia
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried Pont De Nieppe Communal Cemetery
FateDied as a result of accident 7 April 1917
Age at death21.10
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPont-De-Nieppe Communal Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Jane CRABB, Gladstone Avenue, Magill, South Australia. Native of Kenmark
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6229 Pte Murray John Rossiter CRABB, 10th Bn, killed in action, 24 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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