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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Private Richard Croton

9/1/1892
Born at Mincha, VIC
6/3/1915
Enlisted at Bacchus Marsh, VIC, in the AIF, 23rd Battalion, aged 23
10/5/1915
Embarked aboard the HMAT A14 Euripides
June 1915
Disembarked in Egypt
Sept 1915
Landed at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli
Wounded in action - gunshot wound to the left hand
20/9/1915
Embarked for Egypt
25/9/1915
Admitted to hospital - Egypt
7/3/1916
Admitted to hospital - Egypt - influenza
30/5/1916
Embark from Alexandria, Egypt for France
6/7/1916
Rejoined the 23rd Battalion in the Field
28/7/1916
Wounded in action - gunshot wound to the head during the Battle of Pozieres
5/8/1916
Embarked for England
2/12/1916
Rejoined unit in France
3/5/1917
Wounded in action - gunshot wound to the left hand during the Second Battle of Bullecourt
22/5/1917
Embarked for England
24/5/1917
Admitted to 2nd London General Hospital - gunshot wound to the left hand - compound fracture , severe
6/6/1917
Transferred to Holburn Military Hospital
20/8/1917
Transferred to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Harefield Park)
25/8/1917 - 8/9/1917
Discharged from hospital to furlough
8/9/1917 - 10/9/1917
AWOL - award 7days confinement to barracks, forfeit 3 days pay
21/12/1917
Embarked for Australia aboard the HMAT A34 Persic
12/2/1918
Returned to Australia
24/5/1918
Discharged from the AIF
1940
Enlisted in the Australian Army at Mount Pelion, QLD
1944
Discharged from the Australian Army, rank Private, unit 15th Garrison Battalion

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