Regimental number | 2605 |
Place of birth | Sandhurst, Victoria |
School | Central Bendigo State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Hairdresser |
Address | Bailes Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 143 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Sarah Crammond, Bailes Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 5 months in the 8th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces, Bendigo. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Bendigo, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on James Roe Lodge (MU) Roll of Honor ['Our Soldier Brethren'], RSL Museum, Bendigo, Victoria. Parents: George and Sarah CRAMMOND, Bailes Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Cousin: 5062 Pte Roy James CRAMMOND, 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 15 January 1916 (tonsilitis, mild); discharged, 1 February 1916. Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 26 February 1916 (not yet diagnosed), and transferred same day to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital (pyrexia, unknown origin); to Hospital Train No 4, 27 February 1916, and admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis (fancitis); rejoined Bn from hospital, 16 March 1916. To hospital, 30 March 1916; rejoined unit, 1 April 1916 (no further details recorded). Appointed Lance Corporal, 13 April 1916. Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 30 April 1916 (diarrhoea); rejoined unit, Duntroon Plateau, 4 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 830205: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Note: 'Missing 19.6.17, previously reported prisoner (sic) of War. Cert. by A.I.F. HdQtrs 8.11.17.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CRAMMOND James Henry
Red Cross File No 830205 |