CROOKS, Thomas
| Service Number: | 3043 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Joadja Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 13 October 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3043 | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3043, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3043, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3043, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3043 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-10-13 | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Wounded Private, 3043, 55th Infantry Battalion, Died from wounds received in action |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Thomas CROOKS, (Service Number 3043) was born on 6 January 1891 at Joadja Creek. He first worked for the NSW Tramways as a conductor in Sydney in May 1913. He was still working in this role when he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 17 August 1915.
Submitted 8 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas CROOKS (Service Number 3043) was born on 6th January 1891 at Joadja Creek NSW. He first worked for the NSW Tramways as a conductor in Sydney in May 1913. He was still working in this role when he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 17th August 1915.
He left Australia from Sydney on board HMAT ‘Suevic’ on 23rd December 1915. He was allotted to the 17th Battalion, but soon transferred to the 55th. He underwent further training in Egypt before embarking via Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force in France. He reached Marseilles on 29th June 1916. On 12th October he was received a gunshot wound to his abdomen, a fractured left leg and a gunshot wound to his right foot. He died of those wounds on 13th October 1916 at the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station.
He is buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board