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Frederick Charles CROLE

Regimental number364
Place of birthHealesville, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressTrowutta, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs Martha H Crole, Trowutta, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 6), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ellen CROLE; husband of Mrs. M.H. CROLE, Trowutta, Tasmania. Native of Victoria
Family/military connectionsNephews: 5023 Pte Albert Jonathan GOODWILL, 23rd Bn, died of wounds, 22 March 1917; 3035 Pte Vernon Jack CROLE, 8th Bn, killed in action, 20 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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