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Hector Philip CRANE

Regimental number2339
Place of birthWyong New South Wales
SchoolNil
Other trainingNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWyong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Crane,Wyong, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 March 1917
Place of death or woundingSomme
Age at death24.11
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Philip and Eliza CRANE, Wyong, New South Wales

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