Soldier profiles
Name : CRIGG, ALAN VERNON
Service Number : VX11516
Date of Birth : 09/02/1920
Place of Birth : ADELAIDE, SA
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : CLERK
Date of Enlistment : 10/04/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ST KILDA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : CRIGG, ALAN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/08/1940
Date Died : 07/05/2010
Age at Death : 90
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6211804 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Herald Sun 10/05/2010 to 12/05/2010
Background : Son of Olive Ruby Crigg. Husband of Violet Mavis. Died suddenly at home.
Service & personal summary At enlistment : height 5 feet 8.5 inches, 130 pounds, blue eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marks / scars : pigmented mole right buttock, 1 vaccination mark left arm.
Service record
10/04/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
10/04/1940 Posted to Australian Army Corps Headquarters from Recruit Reception Depot.
12/04/1940 Graded Group III Clerk.
05/06/1940 Transferred to Reinforcements.
07/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
17/06/1940 Promoted to acting Corporal.
05/08/1940 Reverted to rank of Private.
15/08/1940 Struck off strength. Discharged.
15/08/1940 Discharged Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
