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Edward CROFT

Regimental number147
Place of birthTownsville Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressPost Office Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinHenry Croft, Flinders Street, Townsville, Queensland
Previous military serviceEnlisted 24 January 1916 - taken on strength 41 Battalion 13 May 1916; Lcpl 17 January 1917; wounded 17 April 1918 and mortally 29 September 1918.
Enlistment date24 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).
Recommendation date: 4 March 1917

FateDied of wounds 15 October 1918
Place of death or woundingSomme
Age at death24
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 12), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133

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