~~CRACKNELL, Walter Thomas_Australian Military Forces_AMF_Army_World War Two. (Service)~~
Parents:--- Raymond Cracknell & Margaret Martha Thomas married 24 Nov 1909, Maitland West, NSW.
Australian Army Service No:---NX32378
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Station Hand
Martial status:---single
Next of kin:---Mother, Mrs Margaret Martha Ramsay, 65 Ashley St, Chatswood, New South Wales.
Service Number: NX32378
Enlisted:--- 17th June 1940 in Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Corporal
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry, 1st Independent Coy. Lark Force.
Fate:--- Presumed to have died at sea aboard the unmarked Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 11, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of Final Posting:---Corporal Cracknell enlisted on 17 June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion on 23rd January 1942, (Battle of Rabaul), he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22nd June 1942, Corporal Cracknell was presumed one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the unmarked Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Parents:--- Raymond Cracknell & Margaret Martha Thomas married 24 Nov 1909, Maitland West, NSW.
Australian Army Service No:---NX32378
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Station Hand
Martial status:---single
Next of kin:---Mother, Mrs Margaret Martha Ramsay, 65 Ashley St, Chatswood, New South Wales.
Service Number: NX32378
Enlisted:--- 17th June 1940 in Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Corporal
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry, 1st Independent Coy. Lark Force.
Fate:--- Presumed to have died at sea aboard the unmarked Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 11, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of Final Posting:---Corporal Cracknell enlisted on 17 June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion on 23rd January 1942, (Battle of Rabaul), he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22nd June 1942, Corporal Cracknell was presumed one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the unmarked Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
~~CRACKNELL, Walter Thomas_Australian Military Forces_AMF_Army_World War Two. (Service)~~
Parents:--- Raymond Cracknell & Margaret Martha Thomas married 24 Nov 1909, Maitland West, NSW.
Australian Army Service No:---NX32378
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Station Hand
Martial status:---single
Next of kin:---Mother, Mrs Margaret Martha Ramsay, 65 Ashley St, Chatswood, New South Wales.
Service Number: NX32378
Enlisted:--- 17th June 1940 in Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Corporal
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry, 1st Independent Coy. Lark Force.
Fate:--- Presumed to have died at sea aboard the unmarked Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 11, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of Final Posting:---Corporal Cracknell enlisted on 17 June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion on 23rd January 1942, (Battle of Rabaul), he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22nd June 1942, Corporal Cracknell was presumed one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the unmarked Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Parents:--- Raymond Cracknell & Margaret Martha Thomas married 24 Nov 1909, Maitland West, NSW.
Australian Army Service No:---NX32378
Religion:--- Church of England
Trade/Calling:--- Station Hand
Martial status:---single
Next of kin:---Mother, Mrs Margaret Martha Ramsay, 65 Ashley St, Chatswood, New South Wales.
Service Number: NX32378
Enlisted:--- 17th June 1940 in Paddington, New South Wales.
Final Rank:--- Corporal
Final Posting:--- Australian Infantry, 1st Independent Coy. Lark Force.
Fate:--- Presumed to have died at sea aboard the unmarked Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel, Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea on 1st July 1942, when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 11, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian Commando Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial.
Details of Final Posting:---Corporal Cracknell enlisted on 17 June 1940 and served in New Britain. Following the Japanese invasion on 23rd January 1942, (Battle of Rabaul), he was taken prisoner of war (POW) and held at Rabaul. On 22nd June 1942, Corporal Cracknell was presumed one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the unmarked Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
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"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades in death."
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