Place of birth | Windsor, Victoria |
School | Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Other training | Solicitor of Supreme Court of Victoria |
Address | 31 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Sayers Crocker, 31 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, Victoria |
Previous military service | Army Service Corps, 3.5 years; Australian Field Artillery, 2 years. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Brigade Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Divisional Artillery |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Admitted to the Bar in 1913 |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Pink Farm Cemetery (Special Memorial 22), Helles, Gallipoli |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Margaret CROCKER, "Winfield", 31 Riverside Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Promoted Lieutenant, 1 February 1915. Proceeded to join mEditerranean Expeditionary Force, 8 April 1915. Promoted Captain, Gallipoli, 31 May 1915; transferred to 6th Battery, 31 May 1915. Killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, on 12 July 1915 while serving as an observation officer; buried, 12 July 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CROCKER Robert Clive |