Soldier profiles
Name : CRANKSHAW, ALBERT ERNEST
Service Number : VX72070
Date of Birth : 25/04/1917
Place of Birth : COLLINGWOOD, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 14/01/1942
Locality on Enlistment : NORTH FITZROY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : CRANKSHAW, CLARA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : B COMPANY (MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 24/01/1946
Date Died : 02/09/1983
Age at Death : 66
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. J STANSFIELD-SMITH GARDENS COMP. ROSES BED 11. ROSE 8.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6068379 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 8328301 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 9018152 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 6225545 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090697.jpg, Past article (size 189kB)
Background : Enlisted prior to 1942 as VX33537? Cremated. Funeral by Alfred Allison 06/09/1983.
