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Claude CROSS

Regimental number1059
Place of birthGympie Queensland
SchoolCamdenville, Newtown
Other trainingNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarter
AddressLenister Hall, Cooks River Road, St Peters, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs L Cross, Gwendoline, Foreman Street, St. Peters, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death29 May 1915
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBeach Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 12), Anzac, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Emily CROSS; husband of Ruby Letitia CROSS, "Hazlewood", 202 Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Gympie, Queensland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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