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• Percy Raymond Crane

confirmed

Born: 1 January 1893

Died: 6 October 1939

All photos (1)

Service number

• Service number 434

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• 1893 in Raymond Terrace, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 6 October 1939 in Stanmore, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - James Crane
• Mother - Jane Rees
• Wife - Mary Louisa Chapman
• Brother - Walter James Crane
• Brother - Frederick William Crane
• Brother - Arthur Stafford Crane

Organisation

• 24th Machine Gun Company, AIF

Main sources

• Crane Percy Raymond : SERN 434 : POB Raymond Terrace NSW : POE Rosebury Park NSW : NOK F Crane John (website)
• RETURNING SOLDIERS. LIST "U." (newspaper article)
• Informal portrait of four brothers with their mother Jane Crane. Left to right; 5 Sergeant Drummer (Sgt) Frederick William Crane, 15th Battalion; 21362 Sapper (Spr) Arthur Stafford Crane 2 Signals Squadron; George Crane; 434 Private (Pte) Percy Raymond Crane 17th Machine Gun Company. (webpage)
• Percy Raymond Crane (photograph)
• Death Notices (newspaper article)
• Marriage Notice (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• CRANE P. R. on the South Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Crane, P R on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour