Kenric Grainger Glover (Ken) Crossley

  General Notes:

World War 2 Service Record
Name CROSSLEY, KENRIC GRAINGER GLOVER
Service Australian Army
Service Number VX72379
Date of Birth 21 Aug 1912
Place of Birth BAIRNSDALE, VIC
Date of Enlistment 27 May 1942
Locality on Enlistment BRIGHTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin CROSSLEY, ALISSON
Date of Discharge 18 Jan 1946
Rank Sergeant
Posting at Discharge 2 AUST ADV 2 ECHELON
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No.

Kenric Grainger Glover Crossley enlisted in the Australian Army on the 16th January 1942. His next of kin was his wife Allison Haidee Crossley, 10 Chelsea Street, Brighton, Vic.
The certificatge of Medical Examination describes Kenric as: - age - height 5 feet 7 and a half inches, eyes - blue. complexion - fair, hair - very fair and religious denomination - Church of England.
Kenric served in New Guineau. He was in Hospital with Dengue Fever Enteritis from 29/12/1943 until 5/2/1944. He was also in Hospital from 13/1/1945 until 19/1/1945 with a Corneal Ulcer right eye.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Manager (Men’s Store).

• connection. ⁴⁵³

Kenric married Alison Haidee Johnson, daughter of Claude Cecil Johnson and Ivy Ruth Hagger, on 27 Mar 1937 in South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria Australia. (Alison Haidee Johnson was born in 1913 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Australia, died on 3 Mar 1964 in Melbourne, Victoria Australia and was buried on 6 Mar 1964 in Cremated at Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia Banksia - Position In Rose Garden, Garden 1 Bed 4, Position 1.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Certificate: (1015).