Regimental number | 2606 |
Place of birth | Tandara Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Other training | Nil |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Traveller |
Address | Tandarra, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Father, John Crapper, Tandarra, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died at Capetown on his way home; severely wounded at Bullecourt |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Bullecourt, France |
Age at death | 33 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
Place of burial | Plumstead Cemetery (Plot BI, Row UO, Grave No. 26), Cape Town, South Africa |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Ann CRAPPER, Tandara, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3269 Pte Charles Alfred CRAPPER, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 December 1918; 5063 Pte Arthur Leslie CRAPPER, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 March 1919; Uncle: 969 Sergeant Charless CRAPPER, 14th Bn, died of disease, 27 September 1915. |