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Stanley Combermere CRANE

Regimental number8151
Place of birthSouth Yarra Victoria
SchoolSt Kilda Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSoda water manufacturer
Address266 King Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, J F Crane, 266 King Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date19 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 17
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 22 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollComissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


'For displaying consistent coolness and initiative under fire during operations on the Somme, as Forward Observation Officer making a reconnaissance and laying wires under heavy fire. Also rendered good service near Pozieres.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 3rd Supplement (15 May 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140 (27 August 1917).
Recommendation date: Unspecified

FateDied of wounds 30 September 1917
Place of death or woundingNear Dickebusch
Age at death29
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 4), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Helene CRANE, 266 King Street, Melbourne, Victoria

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