CROOK, Daniel
| Service Number: | 45 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1954, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-23. 44. |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 45, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 45, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 45, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 12 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 45, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
69 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 2nd December 1954, Private Daniel Crook, 35th Battalion (Reg No-45), labourer and timber worker (Sulphide Corporation Works, Cockle Creek, N.S.W.), father of five (Muriel, Cecil E, Herbert S, Raymond D, Ronald James deceased, 1928), from Hampden Avenue, Adamstown, New South Wales and 52 Mackie Avenue, New Lambton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. METHODIST 4-23. 44.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 23rd May 1893 to John (Jack, from Kembla Heights, South Coast, New South Wales, died 22.9.1956, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 87, METHODIST 4-23. 37) and Ellen Crook nee Spain (died 2.5.1952, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 78, METHODIST 4-23. 37) of 14 St James Road, New Lambton, N.S.W.; husband of Florence Lillian Crook nee Barrett (married 6.2.1915, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 30.8.1951, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 55, sleeping here), Daniel enlisted on the 14th December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 24.6.1917 (not stated), 11.7.1917 (not stated), 30.7.1917 (laryngitis).
Invalided to England 30.7.1917.
Daniel returned home on the 28th June 1919, being discharged on the 12th August 1919.
Mr. Crook’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll.
There is no headstone for Daniel, but a wooden cross had been erected by the owner of the grave some time ago, which is now almost unreadable, so May 2016 I erected a new cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
I submitted an application to DVA June 2022 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, but unfortunately this was declined August 2022.
A Plaque shall be installed at the gravesite by the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project to restore Honour and Dignity to Daniel.
Younger brother Albert Thomas (born 12.9.1897, Adamstown, New South Wales, miner from Northcote Street, Coledale, South Coast, New South Wales, enlisted 14.5.1918, 5th Australian Divisional Train, Reg No-58681, discharged 13.6.1919, also served with the Royal Fusiliers North Russia Relief Forces, Reg No-133055, RTA?, died 20.6.1973, Swansea, N.S.W., age 74, not officially commemorated) also served 1st A.I.F.
Younger brother Cecil James (born 29.9.1899, Adamstown, New South Wales, clipper from Kembla Heights, South Coast, New South Wales, enlisted 10.11.1915, 19th Battalion, Reg No-4562, died of wounds (GSW shoulder, chest) 9 a.m. on the 4.10.1918, age 19, resting at Tincourt New British Cemetery, France, Plot VI Row F Grave 12) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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