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Joseph Edward CROUCHER

Regimental number4711
Place of birthHastings, England
Place of birthHastings, Susse, England
SchoolZaverian College, Mayfield, Sussex, England
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressYardin Rocks, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Morris Croucher, Yardin Rocks via Bruce Rocks, Western Australia
Enlistment date18 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 03-6 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialShrine Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 18), Bucquoy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Maurice CROUCHER and Annie Sarah WOODHAM, Perth, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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