4th Light Horse Regiment
Killed In Action
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James McCrae (SN 1205) was born in Ballarat but enlisted in Melbourne on the July 12th 1915. He was 21 years old, single and employed as a carpenter. He was assigned to the 4th Light Horse Regiment and embarked a month later on board the Kyarra. On the June 15th 1916 he and a companion were patrolling on horseback near a railway line in Egypt when his horse was spooked by a train, and bolted. As Trooper McCrae was trying to bring the crazed animal under control it tried to jump a bridge and fell, crushing the rider. He is buried in the Tel-el-Kebir War Cemetery, Egypt.
