Regimental number | 6318 |
Place of birth | Shepparton, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Motor-driver |
Address | 3 St George's Street, Northcote, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Father, I Crawford, 3 St George's Street, Northcote, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 10 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Perth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 13), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 13 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: I and E. CRAWFORD, 11 Hawthor Road, Northcote, Melbourne |
Medals |
Military Medal 'On the 29th September, 1917, in the BELLEWARDE-WESTHOEK Valley, the Battery was being heavily shelled by 5.9 and 8" to such an extent that orders were given to temporarily evacuate the position. Immediately after, a 6 mule team of the 2nd Australian D.A.C. was almost directly hit with a shell: severely wounding two of the drivers and killing one. Notwithstanding the heavy shellfire, Gunner CRAWFORD and Gunner FENTON, accompanied by the Battery A.M.C. Orderly, immediately went to the assistance of the wounded, dressed their wounds and carried them to the Dressing Station. The A.M.C. Orderly was killed in doing so. They went back again to see if they could render any assistance to two Pioneers who has also run over with them in the first place, but had been killed by the same shell that killed the A.M.C. Orderly. I consider thay exhibited the highest form of individual courage under such trying circumstances.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |