CROESE, Adrian
| Service Number: | 1634 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Linesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 March 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll, Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1634, Newcastle, New South Wales | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1634, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1634, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 11 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1634, 35th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
104 years ago today, on the 11th March 1917, Private Adrian Croese, 35th Battalion (Lewis Machine Gun Section, Reg No-1634), linesman from the corner of Crebert and Vine Streets, Mayfield, New South Wales, was Killed in Action at Armentieres, France, age 26.
Born at Mayfield, New South Wales on the 26th December 1890 to Cornelius (died 1938 - and Jane Croese nee Whitelaw, Adrian enlisted February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Mr Croese’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll, Newcastle Postal Employees Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Memorial Service to Mayfield/Waratah Fallen.
I have placed poppies at his parent’s gravesite in remembrance of Adrian’s supreme sacrifice for God, King and Country. CATHOLIC 1-F Spec. 131.
Younger brother Thomas (34th Battalion, Reg No-393, born 1893, died 1989) resting at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 1-22. 3.
Lest We Forget.
Biography
Adrian CROESE was born in 1891 in Waratah, New South Wales His parents were Cornelius CROESE and Jane WHITLAW The family lived in Crebert St Mayfield S/N 1634 Adrian enlisted on 18th February, 1916 in Newcastle as a Private with 35th Battalion, Unit embarked Sydney on HMAT Benalla in May 1916 He was killed in action in France on 11th March, 1917 Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Plot V, row A,grave 35- Armentieres, France He is also commemorated on the Soldiers memorial Waratah Park Memorial Gates
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