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NX55887 - THORNCRAFT, Alan Albert, A/Cpl. - HQ Company, Carrier Platoon
Involved in Bren gun carrier accident during training exercise at Bathurst on 17/5/1941; mechanical fault caused Carrier to crash over a bridge, killing the driver and seriously injuring NX55887; compound fractures of both legs; placed on dangerously ill list; spent many months in Hospital; right leg amputated below knee on 1/2/1943; discharged 24/3/1943; later became Assistant Manager of Repatriation Dept. Limb Factory.

NX55887 - THORNCRAFT, Alan Albert, A/Cpl. - HQ Company, Carrier Platoon

Involved in Bren gun carrier accident during training exercise at Bathurst on 17/5/1941; mechanical fault caused Carrier to crash over a bridge, killing the driver and seriously injuring NX55887; compound fractures of both legs; placed on dangerously ill list; spent many months in Hospital; right leg amputated below knee on 1/2/1943; discharged 24/3/1943; later became Assistant Manager of Repatriation Dept. Limb Factory.

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Filename:NAA_NX55887.jpg
Album name:makan / Paybook photos
Source:From the collection of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: B883, NX55887
Date:2/7/1940
Filesize:7456 Bytes
Date added:May 20, 2006
Dimensions:155 x 350 pixels
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