CROCKER, Aubrey Charles
| Service Numbers: | 363, T262545, TX5235 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, B Coy |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 12 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Deloraine, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraph Messenger |
| Died: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 31 December 1976, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 363, 40th Infantry Battalion, B Coy | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 363, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 363, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 16 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 363, 40th Infantry Battalion, Gassed - France | |
| 12 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 363, 40th Infantry Battalion, per Souder | |
| 11 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 363, 40th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T262545 | |
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| 6 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5235 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Aubrey was the third of seven children of John Crocker (born 1870 in Winkleigh, Tasmania) and Sarah Jane Mackay (born 1871 at The Oaks in Tasmania). John, a Coach Builder, and Sarah married in 1891 in Launceston Tasmania.
Aubrey, a Telegraph Messenger was just 19 years of age when he enlisted in the AIF in February 1916. He had served with the local 26th Light Horse for five years. Aubrey was a Private (Service No: 363) with the 40th Infantry Battalion and was WIA (Gassed)in France in 1918. He was Discharged in September 1919, and in 1922 married Edith Henrietta Kate Owen (born 1899 in Mersey, Tasmania) in 1922 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Aubrey and Edith settled in Deloraine, Tasmania where Aubrey worked briefly as a Commission Agent before Farming. In 1938 the family had moved to Launceston, Tasmania where Aubrey was a Tram Conductor.
In 1940 Aubrey enlisted in the ACMF (Service No: T262545) from June to July. Brother Victor Stanley Amiel served in WWII with the ACMF as a Signalman (Service No: T34307) with Lines of Communication Signals (7 May 1942 - 25 June 1945). Son Harry Owen served with the RAAF as a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:88744) with 9 Stores Depot.
Aubrey died in Launceston, Tasmania in 1976 and Edith in 1983
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