Crawford, Reginald Edward

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Crawford, Reginald Edward

Service Service Number Number 1494 2294 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 18th September 1918 Gallipoli Peninsula 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

Crawford, Reginald Edward

SERVICE NO

2294

UNIT

34thy Battalion/ 4 rienf.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

19 yrs 3 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Newcastle, NSW

ADDRESS

76 Lower Church St. Newcastle, NSW

OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

18 Mar 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Newcastle, NSW

NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Mother;- Mrs Lilian Glover, Warnervale, NSW Father;- Charles Crawford- Drowned Height-5’2¼. Weight-120lbs. Chest-35½” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Light Brown. Hair-Light Brown.

RELIGION

Presbyterian

EMBARKED

Sydney 17 Oct 1916 per “Borda”

DISEMBARKED

Plymouth 9 Jan 1917

NOTES

AWOL 10.30 am 1 Aug 1918 – 4.30 pm 21 Aug 1918

WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

13 Feb 1917- Influenza, England 26 May 1917- to Hosp sick Osteoma of Femur/rejoined unit 7 Aug 1917 18 Sept 1918- France

BURIED

Re-interred;- Jeancourt Communal Cem Ext. Plot 2 Row A.

MEDALS

British War Medal-49568, Victory Medal-48927. Memorial Plaque & Scroll352657

Nil

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

1 YMCA Wallet, 1 Card, Photos.

WILL CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS

A Holloway, 12A Hamilton Terrace, St Johns Wood. London Mother;- L Glover Salvation Army Sydney Only son of widowed mother.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3460954

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