Arthur William Phillips CROLE

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CROLE, Arthur William Phillips

Service Numbers:	1225, T23419
Enlisted:	12 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1895
Home Town:	Smithton, Circular Head, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia , 5 August 1972, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Smithton Cemetery (Tasmania)
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World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1225, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1225, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1225, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
9 Sep 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1225, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), per Nestor for 'family reasons'
11 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1225, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

World War 2 Service

23 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T23419
11 Jul 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T23419

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Arthur was the eldest of seven children of Frederick Charles Crole (born 1873 in Healesville, Victoria) and Martha Helena Phillips (born 1875 in Emerald, Victoria). Fred and Martha married in 1895 in Bloomfield Victoria, where Fred was a Labourer. They moved briefly to Bunbury in WA where tow children were born. The family moved back to Victoria, and then to Trowutta in Tasmania.

Arthur was working on the family farm in 1915 when he enlisted (with his parents' permission) in the AIF as a Private (Service No:1225) with 26 and 69 Battalions. He was in France when his father was KIA in Belgium, and his mother requested that he return home to support her and the other children. Arthur's father Fred enlisted in the AIF in 1916 (Service No: 364); brother Ronald Henry served in WWII (Service No: QX44940/Q140253); Brothers - in - Law Louis Henry Allan Miller (Service No: TX6742) and Edward Lou Greenberg (Service No: TX5998) served in WWII, and nephews Fred Whish - Wilson (Service No: T6595) and Cosmo Whish - Wilson (Service No: 88087) also served in WWII. Arthur's son - Frederick Charles (Service No: TX14799/T102580) served in WWII and son Lawrence Viyan (Service No: A6285) served in Korea.

From 1942 to 1944 Arthur served in the Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps 4 Battalion as a Private (Service No: T23419).

Arthur returned to Tasmania where he managed the farm and in 1924 married Helena Augusta Mary Whish - Wilson (born 1903 in Ringarooma, Tasmania). Arthur and Helena remained in Trowutta in Tasmania where Arthur was Farm Manager until his death in 1972. Helena died in 1995

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