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Thanks for that Anne your a star .
Have now found a picture of him so i can put a face to the name .

Lauren,
There are 5 or 6 newspaper articles on Colin and most are from the The Advertiser Adelaide 1917 and 1918.
One says the loss of his right leg was his 3rd injury!

His mother also placed an In Memorium article on his anniversary in 1921

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=colin%20crossley

Anne

I have just found out he lost his right leg to a gun shot wound . :-(

Thats him , his dad was fredrick his mother was alice m, and his 3 sisters were alice jessie and dorris.
Thank you to you all for the help , its quite sad reading about him,still so young. Im going to try see if i can find a picture of him now .

Thank you every one :-D

The returning soldier who died in a motorcycle accident in Adelaide 1918 must be this same man as all the info is the same:

This is the 1911 census

1911 England Census
about Colin Crossley
Name: Colin Crossley
Age in 1911: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Meerut, Resident
Civil parish: Dorchester St Peter
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Street Address: 1 Aldhelm Villas, Victoria Pk, Dorchester
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Under Gardener
Registration district: Dorchester
Registration District Number: 264
Sub-registration district: Dorchester
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 132
Piece: 12386
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamin F Crossley 47
Alice M Crossley 49
Alice Crossley 16
Colin Crossley 15
Jessie Crossley 13
Doris Crossley 9


This is found on rootsweb

Arrived 23/6/1913 ship Beltana - Crossley Colin 21/4/1913 1 Aldhelm
Villas, Victoria Park - Dorchester Dorset 17 & 3/12 Gardener for
Knappstein JH of Clare [town in South Australia] 785

And from the AIF project:
Colin CROSSLEY

Regimental number 785
Religion Church of England
Occupation Gardener
Address 1 Oldham Villa, Victoria Park, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 18
Next of kin Mother, Mrs. Alice Crossley, 1 Oldham Villa, Victoria Park, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Enlistment date 3 December 1914
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 9th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/14/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 12 February 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 9th Light Horse Regiment
Fate Returned to Australia 8 March 1917

Newspaper articles from Mar 1918 confirm that the deceased was a returning soldier who served with the 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Edit:
There are a number of newspaper articles re Colin who was wounded twice in Galipoli
The 2nd injury, Jan 1917, resulted in the loss of his his right leg and he was hospitalised in Cairo.
He was returned to Australia in Mar 1917 as a result of this.

Newspaper article sent to Lauren by PM

785 Private Colin CROSSLEY, an 18 year old Gardener from Adelaide, South Australia. He enlisted on 3 December 1914; and subsequently Returned to Australia, 8 March 1917.

(from a google search)

Chris :)


http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1198324

(Cherilyn on above 'Thread' might know of more Aus. Info.)

Anne, it must be him as the family was in Dorset 1911 and his parents died there.
His father's middle initials were H.F. so I am betting these names were Henry Frederick! And mother was Alice M.
Good research there everybody!
Jan

Is this his birth and babtism

India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
," Colin Crossley, 1896
No image available
Search collection
About this collection
Name: Colin Crossley
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 03 May 1896
Baptism/Christening Place: Meerut, Bengal, India
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1896
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Henry Frederick Crossley
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Alice Mary
Mother's Birthplace
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C39360-7
System Origin:India-EASy
source Film Number:512358
Reference Number:

Colin Crossley who died in Adelaide, Australia in 1918 was an only son and his family were from Dorset.
Can Lauren discount this one as I guess she knows where the family were from?

Edit:
Brummiejan, I have only just seen your post with ddeath details of the parents
This is very possibly the same man after all

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y

(above link for Australian Newspapers, looks like 1918 Death, Accident. says his relatives reside in England)

Chris :)


http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx

Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960

Name: Colin CROSSLEY
Date of departure: 15 May 1913
Port of departure: London
Passenger destination port: Adelaide, Australia
Passenger destination: Adelaide, Australia
Date of Birth: 1896 (calculated from age)
Age: 17
Marital status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Farm Hand
Passenger recorded on: Page 9 of 32
Ship:
Official Number:
Master's name:
Steamship Line:
Where bound:
Square feet:
Registered tonnage:
Passengers on voyage:
BELTANA
131853
W G Lingham
P & O Branch Service
Australia
20989
7032
1087

Chris :)

im getting a bit confused as to which one he is , thank you to all that have looked :-) :-) will have a good read of the comments later and see what i can work out .

If he went to Australia this could be him

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
about Colin Crossley Name: Colin Crossley
Death Place: South Australia
Registration Year: 1916-1925
Registration Place: South Australia
Page Number: 53
Volume Number: 416

I think the migration record found by Reggie is well worth considering, as there seems to be no other sign of him.
Jan

Only the executors are mentioned on the Probate records - for further info, a copy of the Will would have to be purchased.

His mum Alice Mary Crossley (widow)died Dorchester 3/6/1947 probate 7/12/1948 to Ali Legg wife of Fred james Legg £165 1s 7d.
No mention of son Colin.
Ali Crossley (Alice) 1895 ?married Frederick James legg 1916 Dorchester.
Benjamin (Dad) died 1922 can't see a will.

Maryb.

think you may be right Jan, can't see a Hampshire marraige and the next batch start 1935

It could well be..........I posted it as a suggestion only

Awaiting feedback

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FMP migration records

CROSSLEY Colin 1896 M 1913 London Australia Adelaide VIEW VIEW

Not sure if it would help, but looks like his parents' deaths as they were living Dorchester 1911:

Name: Benjamin H F Crossley
Birth Date: abt 1864
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1922
Age at Death: 58
Registration district: Dorchester
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume: 5a
Page: 451

Name: Alice M Crossley
Birth Date: abt 1861
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1947
Age at Death: 86
Registration district: Dorchester
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume: 6a
Page: 468

Maddie, there is a Colin born Rotherham as in above post, I think that is more likely to be him.
Jan

MarriageFinder™: Colin Crossley married Martha S Tyler [?]

Name: CROSSLEY, Colin

Registration district: [?] Sheffield

County: Yorkshire

Year of registration: 1916

Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar

Spouse's last name Tyler

Volume no: [?] 9C

Page no: [?] 717
View the original image

Name: TYLER, Martha S

Registration district: Sheffield

County: Yorkshire

Year of registration: 1916

Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar

Spouse's last name: Crossley

Volume no: 9C

Page no: 717