CROESE, Cornelius
| Service Number: | 392 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mosquito Island, New South Wales , 7 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraph linesman |
| Died: | Carrington Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, 14 August 1956, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-49. 57. |
| Memorials: | Newcastle Surf Club Life Saving Brigade Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 392, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 392, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 392, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 392, 34th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW left hand, slight | |
| 20 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 392, 34th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Wound to eye and left leg | |
| 19 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 392, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - medically unfit due to wounding |
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Birth Registration
Name: Cornelius Croese
Birth Date: 1893
Birth Place:New South Wales
Registration Year:1893
Registration Place: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Father: Adrian Croese
Mother: Mary
Registration Number:25566
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
65 years ago today, on the 15th August 1956, Sergeant Cornelius Croese, 34th Battalion (Reg No-392), telegraph linesman from Carrington Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 62. CATHOLIC 2-49. 57.
Born at Mosquito Island, New South Wales on the 7th October 1893 to Adrian John and Mary Ann Croese of Mosquito Island, New South Wales and Carrington Street, Mayfield, N.S.W. and Crebert Street, Mayfield, N.S.W.; husband of Laura Marie Croese nee Dunning (married 1923, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1965), Con enlisted January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (GSW left arm, slight, Battle of Messines), 29.9.1918 (GSW left leg, mild), Con was invalided home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 19th April 1919.
Mr. Croese’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Surf Club & Life-Saving Brigade Honor Roll (photo, unveiled on the 14th July 1918, 176 names originally inscribed, 194 names now inscribed, 24 Fallen), Newcastle Post and Telegraph Staff Roll of Honour, Mosquito Island Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140973753 and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Con’s headstone inscription gives us no indication of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label to honour his sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Older brother Charles (Croix de Guerre, M.I.D., 19th Battalion and 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Reg No-2379, born 1889, died 1941 - CATHOLIC 1-22. 85.) also resting at the cemetery.
Younger brother Thomas (Depot Battalion, Reg No-N46526, born 1898, died 1974, discharged at parent's request, 16.8.1916. - CATHOLIC 2-53. 97.) also resting at the cemetery.
Lest We Forget.
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