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Crook, Cecil Theodore

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First NameCecilLast NameCrookDescriptionTrooper Cecil Theodore Crook, son of William and Sarah Crook of Collingwood.OccupationStoreman for J. B. Sadd, Tākaka. Date of Birth3 May 1891Place of BirthCollingwoodDate of DeathSunday, 4 July 1915Place of DeathOn board HS Neuralia (Hospital ship)Age at Death24Family or Next of KinWilliam and Sarah Crook, of Collingwood.

Brother of trans-Tasman socialist, and feminist author Jean Devanny, who was born in Ferntown, Collingwood District. Jean included local history in her novels, including tensions around the war and conscription. RankTrooperMilitary Number7/183Regiment/BattalionCanterbury Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.MemorialCollingwood War MemorialTākaka War MemorialLone Pine Memorial, TurkeyAdditional InformationCecil had also served in Egypt in 1914. Wounded in the Dardanelles 20 May 1915.Subject/KeywordWorld War, 1914-1918Further InformationView the Auckland War Memorial record for Cecil Theodore Crook

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Crook, Cecil Theodore