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Frank CRANE

Regimental number3070
Place of birthBelair South Australia
SchoolPublic School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressMurray Bridge, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Crane, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Previous military serviceCadets
Enlistment date6 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingZonnebeke, Belgium
Age at death20.10
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall), (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Eliza CRANE, 22 Bridge Street, Kensington, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3953 Pte Horace CRANE, 27th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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