57th Battalion
Killed In Action
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George Frederick Cropley (SN 2762) a 22 year old farmer from Glen Park, named his mother, Amelia, as his next of kin when he enlisted in March 1916. He trained at Ballarat then Broadmeadows before embarking aboard the Nestor on October 2nd. He sailed first to England then on New Year’s Eve he crossed to France where he joined the 57th Battalion. On September 26th 1917 during fighting at Polygon Wood in Belgium he was killed in action. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium and on the honour board of the Glen Park State School.
