Rank: 
Private
Service number: 
6229
Unit: 
10th Infantry Battalion
Location: 
1 Australian Convalescent Depot, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Meteren, France
Date of Death: 
24 April 1918
Enquirer: 
Jane Elizabeth Crabb
Eyewitness Reports: 
Harrold Riches
William McDonald
Ralph Walter Segnitz
William Anthony Cilento
Packet number: 
4184
Date range: 
1917-1918
SLSA record number: 
SRG 76/1/4184
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Submitted by Jim Nelson (not verified) on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 21:13

MURRAY JOHN ROSSITER CRABB REGIMENTAL No 6229
Murray John Rossiter Crabb was born in Blanchtown South Australia. He was the second son of John and Jane Elizabeth Crabb of “The Willows” Magill South Australia. He was employed with his younger brother, Norman, as a Market Gardner on their 18 acre block at Norton’s Summit South Australia. After his younger brother enlisted, he also enlisted in the 10th Battalion 20th reinforcement. He sailed from Australia on the HMAT A68 Auchises on 28th August 1916. He was killed in action on 24th April 1918 and is buried at Villers Brettonneux Military Cemetery.

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Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record (Renmark, SA : 1913 - 1942) Friday 11 May 1917 p 4
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1898055/
https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/140944

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