CROESE, Thomas
| Service Number: | 393 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waratah, New South Wales, 4 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter and joiner |
| Died: | Very old age - 96 years, Newcastle, NSW, 10 September 1989, aged 96 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-22. 3. |
| Memorials: | Mayfield Public School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 393, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 393, 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 Private, 393, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 393, 34th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW left hand, arm and leg | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 393, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD MU due to wounding Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
31 years ago today, on the 13th September 1989, Private Thomas Croese, 34th Battalion (Reg No-393), carpenter and joiner from Crebert Street, Mayfield, New South Wales and 33 Glenelg Street, Raymond Terrace, N.S.W. (1966), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 96! CATHOLIC 1-22. 3.
Born at Waratah, New South Wales on the 4th June 1893 to Cornelius and Jane Croese; husband of Amy May Croese nee Holbert (married 1919, Stroud, N.S.W., died 1989), Thomas enlisted January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137107537
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133885005
Wounded in action - 8.6.1917 (GSW left hand, arm and leg, Battle of Messines - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134872598), Thomas returned home February 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 18th March 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138154998
Thomas’s name has been inscribed on the Mayfield Public School Honour Roll (photo, unveiled on the 19th October 1918, 79 names inscribed) and the Newcastle Progressive Carpenters & Joiners Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 6th August 1917, 22 names inscribed, whereabouts unknown).
There is no indication of Mr Croese’s headstone of his service during The Great War, so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label, kindly supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas, in remembrance of his duty for God, King and Country.
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=32278#2
Older brother Adrian (35th Battalion, Reg No-1634, born 1890, KIA 11.3.1917 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133753383, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134857015) memorialised at his parent’s gravesite at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 1-F Spec. 131.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=32092#2
Lest We Forget.
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