CAMDEN DISTRICT ROLL OF HONOUR

CAMDEN REMEMBERS Neville Clem CRANE (Private NX20615)

Birth: 17 May 1923 Gundagai NSW Father: Stephen James Annetts (Jim) CRANE (1894 - 16 Dec 1989) Mother: Selina Mary BALLARD (1898 - 1940) Occupation: Dairy Farm Hand Enlisted: 26 May 1941 Paddington NSW Residence: Camden Park Estate, Menangle NSW Next of Kin: Stephen Crane Unit: 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion Death: 25 Oct 1942 Wounds; Libya                     Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt                     Roll of Hon: Soldiers Memorial Macarthur Park Camden                     Relatives: Stephen James Crane (Corporal NX124858)                                      John Lu Vane Francis Crane (Private NX59016)                                      Lloyd Edwin Thomas Crane (Craftsman NX95351)                                      Ronald William Crane (Private NX57945)                                      Harold Jack Crane (Gunner NX94372) Photo courtesy Camden Historical Society (from Joyce Thorn scrapbook) Neville was one of six brothers in the AIF. All born in Gundagai NSW, three of them and their father Stephen were working at Camden Park when they enlisted.                     Private Neville Clem CRANE died of wounds received on 25 October 1942 in Libya age 19.

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