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Ambrose Aloysius CRAWLEY

Regimental number178
Date of birth23 April 1899
Place of birthWindsor Road, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTraveller
Address373 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 1"
Weight110 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bridget Crawley, 373 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 September 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentBugler
Unit name31st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915
Two ships sailed from Melbourne carrying men from the 31st Battalion Headquarters and Companies A, B, C, and D: HMAT A62,'Wandilla', on 9 November 1915, and HMAT A41, 'Bakara', on 5 November 1915.
Rank from Nominal RollBugler
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Medical Corps
FateReturned to Australia 23 May 1917
Age at death56
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel-el-Kebir, 4 July 1916 (debility); transferred to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 20 July 1916; taken on strength, 3rd Australian General Hospital, 20 July 1916.

[no details of service available between 20 July 1916 and 22 December 1916].

Returned to duty from hospital, London, 22 December 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Brighton, 20 February 1917 (mumps); rejoined unit, 5 March 1917.

Marched into Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, 10 April 1917.

Commenced return to Australia from England on board HT 'Ayrshire', 23 May 1917; disembarked Sydney, 19 July 1917; discharged (medically unfit, under height), 22 August 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death12 August 1955
Place of burialBotany Cemetery
SourcesNAA: B2455, CRAWLEY Ambrose Aloysius

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