Gosford District Casualties of World War One Crane, Phillip Patrick Service Number 7224 Died of Wounds 25th October 1917 Canadian General Hospital, Estaples, France
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Crane, Phillip Patrick Service Number 7224
Died of Wounds 25th October 1917 Canadian General Hospital, Estaples, France
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NAME Crane, Phillip Patrick
SERVICE NO 7224
UNIT 1st Btn 24
th 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 ENLIST-MENT
Newcastle, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE Nil
NEXT OF KIN Father;- William Crane, Ourimbah, NSW
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
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.
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 fa-
ther with profound sympathy from residents of Ourim-
bah.” Mr Crane desires to thank Ourimbah people for
their thoughtful act.
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.
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