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Herbert Sydney CRAWFORD

Regimental number2587
Date of birth24 November 1894
Place of birthBotany, New South Wales
SchoolBotany and Cleveland Street Public Schools
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Address119 Botany Road, Botany, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, D J Crawford, 119 Botany Road, Botany, New South Wales
Previous military service24th Infantry
Enlistment date1 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 9 February 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 11 Private Ernest W Crawford, 4th Section Divisional Ammunition Column. 11509 Private Arthur D Crawford, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. 2130 Private Alfred J Crawford, 5th machine Gun Section.
Other detailsService in Egypt and France. Wounded at Mouquet Farm, August 1916 and invalided to Canterbury Hospital, England. Returned to Duty and taken prisoner 15 April 1917.

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