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Cyril Charles John KRUCK

Regimental number3476
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
SchoolEast Brisbane State School, Brisbane, Queensland
Other trainingTechnical College, South Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Kruck, Power Street, Norman Park, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date30 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 25 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3476a
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFather and Mother both born in Brisbane, Queensland. Cyril being the eldest son of a family of 11 children. Just previous to leaving Brisbane he rescued a drowning man and the following week stopped a bolting horse in a busy thoroughfare. Details from Mother.
FateKilled in Action 12 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death25.2
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 9), Kemmel, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Henry and mary Jane KRUCK, Power Street, Norman Park, East Brisbane, Queensland

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