CROLL, David Gifford
| Service Number: | Q62601 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Colonel |
| Last Unit: | General Hospitals - WW2 |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 14 November 1885 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | University of Sydney |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sherwood, Queensland, 4 May 1948, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Corinda Sherwood Shire Roll of Honor, The Croll Memorial Precinct, Corinda, Qld |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 16 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, HMAT Borda, Brisbane | |
| 16 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Colonel, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Colonel, Q62601 | |
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| 10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Colonel, Q62601, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 11 Mar 1941: | Involvement Colonel, Q62601 | |
| 22 Jul 1944: | Discharged Colonel, Q62601, General Hospitals - WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1885, Gifford emigrated to New Zealand with his parents, before coming to Australia aged 13. He completed his medical training at the University of Sydney, and while studying, spent five years as part of the Sydney University Scouts (SUS), attaining the rank of Warrant Officer. Back in Queensland, Gifford married a local Queensland nurse – Miss Marian Winifred (Winnie) Payne on 13 April 1912 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Brisbane. Both were employed at the Brisbane Hospital.
When war was declared in 1914, Gifford, wife Winnie and brother John all enlisted within weeks of each other. Gifford enlisted on 19 October, and was recommended for appointment as a Major with the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, having spent almost four years since qualification as a medical practitioner with the Australian Army Medical Corps. John also joined the 2LHFA, and Winnie served with the 1st Australian General Hospital, and departed for Egypt on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 21 December 1914. Major Croll embarked from Pinkenba Wharf, Brisbane, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 15 December 1914 as Second in Command of the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance. Once in Egypt, he and his medical staff quickly came to grips with the desert conditions, but found themselves deployed to the Gallipoli Peninsula in May, and witnesses to the failed August Offensive and the bloody end of the campaign..." - READ MORE LINK (blogs.slq.qld.gov.au)
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