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Aubrey Clarence CRAWLEY

Regimental number3
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolBoulder Central State School, Western Australia
Other trainingNil
ReligionCongregational
OccupationCivil servant
AddressMines Dept, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 5.5"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Crawley, 255 Burt Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 5 years in the Senior Cadets
Enlistment date5 November 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentOrderly Room SGT
Unit name44th Battalion, Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 February 1918
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLancashire Cottage Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 10), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
137
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Cornelius and Margaret CRAWLEY, 255 Burt Street, Boulder City, Western Australia. Native of Melbourne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CRAWLEY Aubrey Clarence

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