Crane, Hector Phillip

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Crane, Hector Phillip Service Number 2339

Died of Wounds 14th March 1917 Casualty Clearing Station, The Somme, 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

(© 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 1st 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.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en

NAME Crane, Hector Phillip

SERVICE NO 2339

UNIT 3rd

Battalion 7th Rienf./ trans to 55

th Btn

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 23yrs 2 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Wyong, NSW

ADDRESS Wyong, NSW

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 4 May 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 3yrs 1/ARR Time expired

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Eliza Crane, Wyong, NSW

Father ;- Philip Crane

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’3”. Weight- 139lbs. Chest -33-35

Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Sydney 14 Jul 1915 per A67 “Orsova”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Brother of Robert George Crane 2810. 4th Btn

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 14 Mar 1917- wounded, Bruised & Crushed by Shell Fire which buried him, in Millers Daughter (dug out) The Somme, France

DIED 14 Mar 1917 DOW 45th Casualty Clearing Station.

BURIED Dermancourt Communal Cem. Ext. 2½ mls SSW of Albert.

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-,12948. British War Medal-15553, Victory Medal-15491. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll -321895

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Id Disc, Letters, Photos, Note Wallet, Card, Calendar, Knife.

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE A Richardson.

REMARKS Served in Gallipoli with 3rd

Btn

GOSFORD TIMES 21.3.1918.

ROLL OF HONOR CRANE – In loving memory of our dear brother, Private Hector Phillip, died of wounds in France 16

th March, 1917. Aged

24years 11 months. He fought for those he loved so dear, That we may all live free; And on the battle field of France, He gave his life for you and me. Inserted by his loving brother and sister-in-law, Jack and

Cassy and sister Dorna (sic)

GOSFORD TIMES 27.3.1919.

ROLL OF HONOR CRANE – In loving memory of our dear brother, Private Hector P, - died of wounds in France on 16

th March, 1917,

aged 24 years. He freely offered life and all In answer to his country’s call. Inserted by his loving brother and sister-in-law, Jack and

Cassy.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3440729
























Documents

Crane, Hector Phillip