Regimental number | 1200 |
Place of birth | Prahran Victoria |
School | Toorak State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Sawyer |
Address | 38 Mackay Street, Prahran, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Father, John Crerar, 38 Mackay Street, Prahran, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal For conspicuous good work since arrival in France. Showed great coolness, courage and initiative during the fighting at Pozieres. Recommendation date: |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Bullecourt, France |
Age at death | 33 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
Place of burial | St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 8A), Rouen, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 177 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Margaret CRERAR. Native of Prahran, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3072 Driver Peter McIntyre CRERAR, 57th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 May 1919. |