CROOK, John Frederick
| Service Number: | 21841 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1913 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Riddells Creek, Victoria, Australia, 2 October 1886 |
| Home Town: | Carrum, Kingston, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1975, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Nar Nar Goon Carrum Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1913: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21841, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 17 Sep 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 21841, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Sep 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 21841, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
| 15 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, France | |
| 4 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 21841, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Montaubau,France - lacerated foot (helping get mules out of a shell hole) | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 21841, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, ex England per per HT A35 Berrima | |
| 15 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 21841, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Driver John Frederick Crook (Service No:21841) enlisted in the AIF on 5 September 1914 and was a Gunner attached to 3 Field Artillery Brigade when he embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Geelong A2 on 17 September 1914. Gunner Crook was in France when he transferred to 1st Divisional Ammunition Column as a Driver in May 1915, and at Montaubau in France in January 1917 he was helping get mules out of a shell hole when he lacerated his foot - and was evacuated to hospital in England. Driver Crook embarked for Australia on 31 October 1917 on board HT Berrima A35 and was Discharged on 15 February 1918.
The eldest of nine children, John was born at Riddell's Creek in 1886 to John Emanuel Crook (b1860 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria) and Rose (Rosa) Frolich (b1863 in Landsborough, Victoria). John Snr (a Dairy Farmer) and Rose married in 1887 and settled at Carrum in Melbourne Victoria where they raised their family and John Snr was a Dairy Farmer.
John worked as a Dairy Farmer at Carrum until the 1920s, and in 1923 in Melbourne married Lillian Gladys Beryl Weston (b1899 in Melbourne, Victoria). John and Lillian settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and John worked as a Cooper. John died in 1975 and Lillian in 1983.
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