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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

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

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

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

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