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Robert John CROWDER

Regimental number6743
Place of birthLondon W., England
SchoolSt Paul's, Portman Square, London W, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
Address37 Lake Street, Trafalgar, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs Daisy May Crowder, 37 Lake Street, Trafalgar, Western Australia
Enlistment date7 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 July 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 2), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Sophia KERSLAKE; husband of Daisy M. GRAHAM (formerly CROWDER), 43 Hopkins Street, Boulder City, Western Australia. Native of England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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