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Howard Aubrey Fullarton CRABB

Regimental number2401
Place of birthClare, South Australia
SchoolCleve and Boore Plains Public Schools, South Australia
Other trainingNil
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressUtera, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Crabb, Utera PO, Utera, Cowell, South Australia
Enlistment date21 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2401A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAccidentally killed. Died of contusion, Sutton Veny, England.
FateDied of disease 30 November 1918
Age at death20.5
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 349), North Tidworth, Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Annie CRABB, Cleve, Arno Bay, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2400 Pte Jack Fullerton CRABB, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 6 September 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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