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Oswald William CRICK

Regimental number1006
Place of birthNorth Adelaide South Australia
SchoolNorth Adelaide Public School, South Australia
Other trainingNil
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPrinter
Address137 Archer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Crick, same address
Previous military serviceWounded at Passchendaele, died 44th Casualty Clearing Station.
Enlistment date31 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name43rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 6), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Edith CRICK "Oswald", Da Costa Avenue, Prospect, South Australia. Native of North Adelaide
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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