CROOK, Richard
| Service Numbers: | 4560, N393557 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales , 21 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clipper |
| Died: | Blacksmiths, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1962, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-85. 67 |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4560, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4560, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4560, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4560, 20th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW thigh - severe | |
| 27 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4560, 20th Infantry Battalion, GSW left shoulder | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4560, 20th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW left arm | |
| 22 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4560, 20th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, wounded 3 occasions |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N393557 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
58 years ago today, on the 30th August 1962, Private Richard Crook, 20th Battalion (Reg No-4560), clipper in the mines, of Teralba Road, Adamstown, New South Wales and 6 Mankilli Street, Blacksmiths, N.S.W., (Google showing no house here), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. CATHOLIC 3-85. 67.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 21st May 1896 to Daniel and Elizabeth Crook of Glebe Road, Adamstown, N.S.W. and Charles Street, Abermain, N.S.W. (not married?), Richard enlisted August 1915 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 9.11.1916 (GSW thigh - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133849657), 20.7.1918 (GSW left arm, shoulder, severe - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140975174), 31.8.1918 (GSW left arm), Richard was invalided to England 5.9.1918, returning home March 1919, and discharged on the 22nd May 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139650227
Mr Crook’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial and the Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll (photo, 2nd unveil on the 20th June 1917 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134867979).
Richard had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so November 2015 I placed a cross on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. CATHOLIC 3-85. 67.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=29828#grave-photo-1
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for official commemoration at Mr Crook’s gravesite, to restore his honour and dignity for his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country during The Great War.
Lest We Forget.
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