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James Albert Crane (1894 - 1942)

WO2 James Albert Crane
Born in Bundaberg, Queensland (Australia)map
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Died at age 47 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australiamap
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Biography

James Crane was born in the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

James Albert Crane was born on 14th October 1894 in Bundaberg, Queensland (Australia). He was the firstborn child of Joseph Crane and Jessie Pegg. [1]

James Crane is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Australian Imperial Force 12 Oct 1916-Sep 1919
Australian Army Ordnance Corps

On 12th October 1916 James enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, his young nation's all-volunteer expeditionary force for the (First World) War. He was allocated to the Australian Army Ordnance Corps. [2] He embarked with reinforcements for the 42nd Infantry Battalion on 23rd December 1916 in Sydney aboard HMAT Demosthenes A64 for Europe and the 'killing fields' of the Western Front. [3] He returned to Australia 4 July 1919 and was subsequently demobilised. For his service he was awarded both the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

James married Ethel Kettlewell on 4th October 1920 in Brisbane. [4]
Warrant Officer Class 2 James Crane served in the Volunteer Defence Corps in World War II
Service started: 8 Mar 1942
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Service ended: 6 Aug 1942
On 8th January 1942, with the threat of invasion of Australia by the Japanese quite imminent and ominous, James enlisted in the Australian Army's Volunteer Defence Corps, for military service at home. He was posted to Queensland's 10th Battalion, based in Bundaberg. [5]
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WO2 James Crane died of injuries sustained at Bundaberg during the Second World War.

Aged 47 years, he passed away as a result of injuries on 6th August 1942 in Bundaberg. [6] James Albert Crane's name is located at panel 96 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, at the Bundaberg General Cemetery and the Cenotaph in Bundaberg. [7] He was posthumously awarded the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.

Sources

  1. ↑ Queensland Birth Index #1894/C/846
  2. ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: 2788 Private James Albert Crane; accessed 27 Nov 2023
  3. ↑ Australian War Memorial embarkation roll: 2788 Private James Albert Crane; accessed 27 Nov 2023
  4. ↑ Queensland Marriage Index #1920/B/26362
  5. ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: Q106837 WO2 James Albert Crane; accessed 27 Nov 2023
  6. ↑ Queensland Death Index #1942/C/2742
  7. ↑ Australian War Memorial roll of honour: Warrant Officer Class 2 James Albert Crane; accessed 27 Nov 2023




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Categories: Bundaberg, Queensland | Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps | British War Medal | Victory Medal | Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 | Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Queensland | 10th Battalion (QLD), Volunteer Defence Corps, World War II | Died in Military Service, Australia, World War II