Alexander Croot

Born 11.11.1899 (as Alec Cohen)
Place claimed to be born Dvinsk [Daugavpils, Latvia] Russia [correct place of birth is London]
Ethnic origin Jewish
Religion Jewish & Church of England
Father Hyman Croot, b. Dvinsk
Mother Rachel (Rosie) Superer; Stepmother: Sarah Bergman
Family

Wife Ursula Stapleton, married 1923 Sydney; children John Barry Maxwell, b. 1924, June Margaret Ann, b. 1929
Residence before arrival at Australia Lived with parents in London
Arrived at Australia from London
on 9.05.1914
per Beltana
disembarked at Sydney
Residence before enlistment Sydney
Occupation Tailor, labourer
Naturalisation 1914 (with father)
Residence after the war Sydney, Wollongong, Bexley, NSW
Died 26.09.1972, Narrabeen, NSW

Service #1

Service number 6057
Enlisted 28.06.1916
Place of enlistment Sydney
Unit 22nd Battalion
Rank Private
Place Western Front, 1917
Final fate RTA 31.10.1917
Discharged 5.03.1918 MU

Service #2 – WWII

Service number N70534
Enlisted 14.10.1939
Place of enlistment Wollongong, NSW
Unit 2 GB
Rank Private
Discharged Ca 1939

Service #3 – WWII

Service number NX 24711
Enlisted 31.05.1940
Place of enlistment Sydney
Unit Engineers depot Moore Park
Rank Private
Discharged 19.03.1941

Materials

Blog article

Russian

English

Newspaper articles

House numbering. - South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 17 October 1930, p. 19.

That coal. - South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 21 August 1931, p. 8.

Wollongong Council. - South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 1 December 1933, p. 9.

Gallery

Alexander Croot, WWI
(Courtesy of Alexander Croot)

Alexander Croot, WWII
(NAA: B883, NX24711)

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