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CROOK, Thomas
| Service Number: | 6485 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gumeracha, South Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Forreston Primary School |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Unknown, South Australia, 1934 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Forreston Primary School WW1 Pictorial Honour Roll, Gumeracha Anzac Honor Roll, Gumeracha Town Hall WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6485, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6485, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6485, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Thomas Crook was born in 1878 at Gumeracha in South Australia. He was educated at Forreston Primary School as a child. Thomas had 2 brothers and a sister. He married Evelyn Duryea in June 1912 and she was his nominated next of kin on his enlistment papers. Together they had 4 children – 3 boys and 1 girl. Before the war, he worked as a Fitter at the Wallaroo-Mount Lyell Company, Wallaroo.
Thomas joined the AIF on the 29th of May 1916. He was put in the 10th Battalion and left Australia on a ship called the Port Melbourne on October 23rd, 1916. He fought on the Western Front in France.
After the war, Thomas returned to Wallaroo. He lived with Evelyn until he died in 1934 when he was 56 years old.
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