CROME C.C.

Given Names:  Charles Collins

Service Number:  259

Unit:  5th Battalion, B Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Colour Sergeant                                                                                                   

Paybook Number: 

Age:  27 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Printer                                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5¼ In                  

Weight:  151 Lbs

Chest:  34 In

Hair:  Auburn

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Harry Crome

83 Barkers Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Thermistocles                                  

Embarked:  8/5/1916                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Company Quartermaster Sergeant

Discharge Date:  5/11/1916                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  986

British War Medal:  4554

Victory Medal:  4560

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1887

Place:  Collingwood, Victoria                    

Father:  Harry CROME                            

Mother:  Annie Margaret LAMBIE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1917     

Place:             

Spouse: Clara Ethel ALDOUS

DEATH

Date or Year: 2/2/1958                            

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 25/4/1915; gun shot wound leg & left shoulder

Shell shock 9/8/1915

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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