Jack Everard Burns CROKER MM and Bar

CROKER, Jack Everard Burns

Service Numbers: 3498, 3498, 3498A
Enlisted: 2 August 1915
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Glenhauton, Queensland, Australia , 10 December 1894
Home Town: Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: William St
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 14 October 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France
Plot VIII, Row K, Grave 2B,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lane Cove Great War Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3498, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3498, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3498, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
14 Oct 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 3498A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3498A awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-10-14

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Jack Everard CROKER was born at Glenhauton, Queensland on 10th December, 1894

His parents were John Henry CROKER & Maria Edith LANGLEY