CRAVEN  E.V.

Given Names:  Eric Vivian

               

Service Number:  4087

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 10th reinforcements                                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  21 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  125 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/12/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Annie Vivian Craven

106 Pakington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  7/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Borda    

Embarked:  5/4/1918                                 

Disembarked:  1/6/1918

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  16/7/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  36552

Victory Medal:  36251

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1894

Place:  Port Melbourne, Victoria               

Father:  William Edwin CRAVEN               

Mother:  Annie Vivian UNKLE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Lizzie Bertha Marie PREUSS

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 3/7/1972                            

Place: Murrumbeena, Victoria                  

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 6/8/1917; gun shot wound, wrist and leg

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary