CROLE, John Sidney
| Service Number: | PM6240 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 |
| Born: | Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 14 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM6240 | |
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| 14 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM6240, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
| 17 Aug 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Moreton | |
| 5 Dec 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 | |
| 1 Jan 1945: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base) | |
| 12 Apr 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, PM6240, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 | |
| 12 Apr 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM6240 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the second of three children of Sydney Roland Crole (born 1892 in Roorooma, Victoria) and Isobel Christina Fuller (born 1893 in Port Campbell, Victoria). Sydney, a Police Constable, and Isobel married in Mirboo, Victoria shortly after Sydney's return from WWI.
John's father Sydney (Service No: 10332)served in WWI with Field Artillery Brigade and was WiA in France. Uncle Floyd was a Corporal (Service No: VX40718) with 102 Convalescent Depot in WWII, and cousins - Reginald Vaughan a Sapper (Service No: VX62632); and Mervyn Henry an Able Seaman (Service No: PM/V498 with the RAN Volunteer Reserves - served in WWII.
Following his Discharge in April 1946, John returned to Moonee Ponds, where he worked as a Fitter and Turner. In 1949 he married Edna Jean Grubb (born 1922 in Brisbane, QLD). Edna worked as a Cashier before her marriage. John died in 1976 and Edna in 2006.