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Leigh Evered CROCKER

Regimental number25844
Place of birthPrahran Victoria
SchoolHigh Street State School, Prahran, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationClerk
Address23 Porter Street, Prahran, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Crocker, 23 Porter Street, Prahran, Victoria
Enlistment date24 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Division Ammunition Column
FateDied of wounds 20 October 1914
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death20 October 1917
Age at death24.5
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row H, Grave 18A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Maud CROCKER, 'Evleigh', Porter Street, Prahan, Victoria

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