ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

CRELLIN, William Moore

CRELLIN, William Moore

Full Name: William Moore

CRELLIN

Date of Birth: 01

–

1880

Place of birth: Eltham, VIC

Australia

Occupation: Timber Worker

Address: No. 1 Mill, Manjimup, WA

Next of Kin: Wife -Alice CRELLIN

Next of Kin Address: Glen Iris, Margaret River via Busselton, WA

Religion: Wesleyan

Service Number: 5080

Rank: Lance Corporal

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1916-02-09

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-03-31

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-04-24

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed In Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Bullecourt, France

Age at Death: 37

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France -No known Grave

01/02/1916- Completed Medical Examination Bridgetown, WA
14/02/1916- To 11th Battalion 16th Reinforcements, BUNBURY, WA
24/04/1916- To Overseas Training Base Egypt ex Australia
29/05/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces for Marseilles France, arriving 3 June 1916
7/06/1916- To 1st Australian Division Base Depot Etaples France ex Egypt
29/07/1916- Joined 11th Battalion ” C ” Company in the field France ex Base Depot
14/03/1917- Appointed Lance Corporal in the field France
07/05/1917- Killed in Action Bullecourt France

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 34208

Victory Medal – No. 33965

Memorial Plaque & Scroll – No. 324186

 

MEMORIAL LOCATIONS

Villers Brettoneux Memorial, France

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 61

Margaret River War Memorial, WA.