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Reglnald William CRACKNELL

Regimental number1911
Place of birthLiberty Plains New South Wales
SchoolPetersham Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway fireman
AddressEdgar Street, Auburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, W A Cracknell, Edgar Street, Auburn, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death24.5
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and May CRACKNELL, 24 Edgar Street, Auburn, New South Wales

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