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Charles Joseph CRYER

Regimental number4277
Place of birthPort Pirie South Australia
SchoolMount barker and Pirie West, South Australia
ReligionSalvation Army
OccupationLabourer
AddressPort Pirie West, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinAunt, Annie Taylor, Port Pirie West, South Australia
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 7 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in The Dublin General Hospital BEF ,83, France.
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Age at death19
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No. 58), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and A.B. CRYER
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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