William Moore Crellin

Personal Information
Date of Birth	not known
Place of Birth	Altham, Victoria
Death	7 May 1917
Place of Death	Bullecourt, France
Age at Enlistment	36 years, 11 months
Description	5'6¼" (1.m) tall; weight 173 lbs (kg); fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair.
Occupation	timber worker
Religion	Church of England
Address	No 1 Mill Manjimup
Next of Kin	Wife Mrs Alice Crellin
Military Information
Reg Number	5080
Date of Enlistment	9 Feb 1916
Rank	Lance Corporal
Unit/Formation	11th Battalion, 16th reinforcement / 3rd Brigade, 1st Division
Date of Embarkation	31 Mar - 24 Apr 1916
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A9 Shropshire
Fate	Killed in Action 7 May 1917
Monument	Jarrahdale Honour Roll Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

War Service

After he had completed less than a week's general training, Bill was allocated to the 16th reinforcement draft for the 11th Battalion, and travelled with them to Egypt where they spent a little more than 1 month training before proceed in to Marseiiles in France from Alexandria. The journey aboard HMT Tunisian took from 29 May until 3 Jun 1916.

Arriving in France he proceeded initially ot the 1st Division's Base Depot in Étaples before moving to join his battalion in the field.

On 29 Jul 1916 he was taken on strength by the 11th Battalion at Berteaucourt as they were recovering form their first stint in the line at Pozieres. He was allocated to C Company.

Appointed Lance Corporal on 14 Mar 1917, before being killed in action on 7 May 1917. On reading the battalion's war diary for the period, it may be that his date of death was late evening on 6 May when a series of German attacks were made on positions held by the 11th Battalion near Noreuil. The war diary reports 7 May to have been a quiet day.

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  Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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  2015 photo L Reynolds

Notes

Appears on the Jarrahdale Millars' Company board so had previously worked in the Jarrahdale district.