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William Rupert CRADICK

Regimental number31
Place of birthJesmond, New South Wales
SchoolEast Maitland High School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressCumarro, Beach Street, Coogee, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 11"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Cradick, Cumarro, Beach Street, Coogee, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the School Cadets.
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentRandwick, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularSecretary, Bowthorne Co-op Dairy Company, Morpeth, New South Wales
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
32
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth CRADICK
Family/military connectionsBrother: 30 Sergeant Harry Roland Paul CRADICK, 2nd Bn, returned to Australia, 23 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli campaign, 5 April 1915.

Promoted Corporal, 8 April 1915.

Rejoined 2nd Bn, Gallipoli, from hospital, 18 May 1915 (no further details recorded).

Promoted 2nd Lieutenant, 21 June 1915.

Killed in action, 6 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CRADICK William Rupert

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