Charles Henry CROOK

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CROOK, Charles Henry

Service Number:	382
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1940, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW Plot: Lawn Public Section: Lot 29
Memorials:

Boer War Service

6 Mar 1901:	Involvement Private, 382, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 382, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 382, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Charles Henry Crook enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father T. Crook, Exchange Hotel, Dubbo, NSW. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his father's first name was Thomas.

Charles Henry Crook was one of three sons of Thomas Crook and Julia Crook. His father was a well known innkeeper/publican in Dubbo during the late 1800s e.g. Exchange Hotel, Canadian Hotel. He remarried after Charles' mother, Julia, passed in 1888 at Dubbo. Charles' younger brother, William Thomas Crook, passed in 1892 while their father was running the Exchange Hotel.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; newspaper articles- see links).

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