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Francis Peter CROW

Regimental number22253
Place of birthEast Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolTrinity Grammar, Kew, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address'Torwood', Riddell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J F Crow, 'Torwood', Riddell, Victoria
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets
Enlistment date24 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 109
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Howitzer Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of illness at Salisbury.
FateDied of disease 28 December 1916
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialStratford-Sub-Castle (St. Lawrence) Churchuyard (Grave No. 104), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret CROW, Torwood, Riddell, Victoria

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