CROESE, Charles
| Service Number: | 2379 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone mechanic |
| Died: | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 15 February 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-22. 85. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2379, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2379, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 19th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, SW to back. Awarded C de G and MiD for this action | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Great courage as a linesman, Feb 28th to March 1st, 1917 in Warlencourt Area. Wounded in this action. 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917). | |
| 8 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 19th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Awarded French Croix de Guerre, Great courage as a linesman, Feb 28th to March 1st, 1917 in Warlencourt Area. Wounded in this action. | |
| 27 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Previously LCpl 6/4/1918 then back to Sapper at own request | |
| 7 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 23 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 22/2/1919 - TSgt | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2379, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
82 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 17th February 1941, Corporal Charles Croese (Croix de Guerre, M.I.D.), also known as Dutch and Chas, 2nd Australian Division Signals Company (Reg No-2379), telephone or telegraphist mechanic from Mosquito Island, New South Wales and 66 Carrington Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 51. CATHOLIC 1-22. 85. Never married.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 27th May 1889 to Adrian John and Mary Ann Croese of Crebert Street, Mayfield, New South Wales and 66 Carrington Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., Dutch enlisted July 1915 with the 19th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 2.1.1917 (scabies).
Wounded in action - 1.3.1917 (GSW back, mild).
Awarded the Croix de Guerre 17.7.1917.
Mr. Croese’s name has been inscribed on the Mosquito Island Roll of Honour, whereabouts unknown, Newcastle Post and Telegraph Staff Roll of Honour, whereabouts unknown and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at the gravesite in remembrance of Dutch’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Younger brother Conealius (Cornelius, Con, born 7.10.1893, Mosquito Island, New South Wales, telegraph linesman, enlisted on the 16.1.1916, 34th Battalion, Reg No-392, invalided home on the 27th February 1919, laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 15th August 1956, age 62 - CATHOLIC 2-49. 57).
Younger brother Thomas (born 1898, Mosquito Island, New South Wales, milkman, enlisted on the 2.7.1916, Reg No-N/46526, Depot Battalion, discharged at parent's request on the 16.8.1916, laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 5th November 1974, age 76 - CATHOLIC 2-53. 97).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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