Lieutenant Cyril Ednott Crooke

Service number 699
Ranks Held Acting Sergeant, Lieutenant, Private
Birth Date 03/04/1891
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 1965
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Brunswick
Final Rank Lieutenant
Units
  • Australian Flying Corps
  • Australian Flying Corps
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Cyril Ednott Crooke was born at South Yarra, Victoria on 3 April 1891 to parents James and Leura. A graduate of studies in agriculture, he was 24 years old when he enlisted in Melbourne on 20 January 1916. Crooke was assigned to the No. 2 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps and departed Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses on 25 October 1916. In early 1917 Crooke graduated as a pilot and later that year was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant and then lieutenant. Cyril Crooke served as a pilot until returning to Australia on 24 August 1918.

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Timeline

Date of birth 03/04/1891
Date of enlistment 20/01/1916
Date of embarkation 25/10/1916
Date returned to Australia 24/08/1918
Date of death 1965