John Wilson Crawford
(1899-1943)
Australian Army officer
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Brigadier John Wilson Crawford, DSO, ED (8 July 1899 – 7 March 1943) served in the Australian Army during the Second World War. Prior to the war, he was a solicitor and an officer in the Citizen Military Forces. Called up to the army following the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, he commanded the 2/17th Battalion during the Siege of Tobruk. From April 1942, he commanded the 11th Brigade and York Force. He was killed in an aircraft crash near Cairns on 7 March 1943.
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8 July 1899 Paddington, Sydney
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7 March 1943 (aged 43) Freshwater Gorge, near Cairns, Australia
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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