Crane, Phillip Patrick

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Allen Crane, Edmund Phillip Patrick

Service Service Number Number 1494 7224 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 25th October 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Canadian General Hospital, Estaples, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Crane, Phillip Patrick

SERVICE NO

7224

UNIT

1st Btn 24th Rienf.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

23 yrs 7 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Bowraville, NSW

ADDRESS

Ourimbah, NSW

OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

23 Jan 1917

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Newcastle, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

Nil

NEXT OF KIN

Father;- William Crane, Ourimbah, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’ 11”.Weight- 151lbs. Chest- 34-36½” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Brown. Diagonal scar R/Shin. Vertical Scar lower shin L/leg

RELIGION EMBARKED

Sydney 10 Feb 1917 per “Osterley”

DISEMBARKED

Plymouth 11 Apr 1917

NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS

13 Oct 1917 GSW Chest

DIED

25 Oct 1917- 7th Canadian General Hospital Estaples France

BURIED

Estaples Military Cem. Plot V Gve 413/ changed to Plot 30 Row G. Gve 13

MEDALS

British War Medal-56376, Victory Medal-55456. Memorial Plaque & Scroll 336668

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

2 discs, 2 letters/ Razor, Mitten

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Father.

GOSFORD TIMES 12.12.1918. RETURN THANKS. MR. WILLIAM CRANE, Ourimbah, desires to thank the residents who were interested in the presentation to thim of a gold medal and illuminated photo of his beloved son Phillip, who was killed in action in France in 1917.

GOSFORD TIMES 12.12.1918. IN MEMORIAM The other day Messrs S. Joyce an C.H. McPherson called on Mr W. Crane, and on behalf of the residents of Ourimbah presented him with a photo of his Phillip, who was killed in action in France in 1917. The medal bears the inscription – “ In Memory of Phillip Crane, killed in action in France, 1917. Presented to his father with profound sympathy from residents of Ourimbah.” Mr Crane desires to thank Ourimbah people for their thoughtful act.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3440771

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