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Ernest Albert CRAWFORDE

Regimental number978
Place of birthDandenong, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressBurnie, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation42
Height5' 9"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinCousin, James Garett, Burnie, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 October 1915
Place of enlistmentRoss, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentChaplain
Unit nameMining Corps, Company 3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 20 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateDied of disease 14 October 1918
Age at death45
Place of burialAire Cimmunal Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 20 February 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 5 May 1916, and entrained the same day; detrained, Hazebrouck, 7 May 1916.

Admitted to hospital, in the field, 11 November 1917; rejoined 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, 13 November 1917.

Admitted to hospital, 8 January 1918; rejoined unit, 11 January 1918.

Admitted to No 47 Casualty Clearing Station, 7 October 1918 (pneumonia); transferred to No 39 Stationary Hospital, 7 October 1918.

Died, 12 October 1918 (broncho pneumonia).

Buried by Reverend J.C.R. JOHNSTONE, 13 October 1918.

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CRAWFORDE Ernest Albert

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