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Born: 18 June 1900

Died: 24 July 1949

Enlisted in the AIF in May 1917 when aged 16 and 11 months.  He served with the 17th Battalion and was severely wounded in the spine on 14 April 1918.  At the time, his battalion was in the trenches at Gentelles near Viller-Brettonneux.

Connection to Mosman, other than Mosman War Memorial, not found.  [JSB]

All photos (1)

Names recorded

• Stanley John Crew
• John Stanley Crew

Service number

• Service number 6783

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• 18 June 1900 in Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 24 July 1949 in Randwick, NSW, Australia

Address

• 13 Pine Street, Manly, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - William Edward Crew
• Mother - Alice Maude Elizabeth Upton
• Wife - Kathleen Vivian Wrathall
• Wife - Josephine Rose Mary Ahad

Organisation

• 17th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• Crew Stanley John : SERN 6783 : POB Parramatta NSW : POE East Sydney NSW : NOK M Crew Alice Maud (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls: Stanley John Crew (webpage)
• Private Stanley J Crew (newspaper article)
• Stanley John Crew (photograph)
• VICTIM OF WAR ON BIGAMY CHARGE EXTRAORDINARY STORY (newspaper article)
• NEWTOWN BENEDICT Steals May Brown of Annandale DIGGERS MIXED DOVE-COTS (newspaper article)
• IN DIVORCE. CREW v CREW. (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• CREW G. J. on the South Face of the Mosman War Memorial