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John Hector CROFT

Regimental number1343
Place of birthMittagong New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Bulli, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDrover
AddressFarrells Road, Bulli, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, John Croft, Farrells Road, Bulli, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2343
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 27 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNetley Military Cemetery (C.E. 1824), Hampshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Eliza CROFT. Native of Mittagong, New South Wales

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