Clifford Clyde CROCKER
Born 20 April 1897 in Unley, South Australia [55]
Son of William George CROCKER and Elizabeth Jessie SMITH [55]
Farmer with his father in Pingelly, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 16 March 1916 [94]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Shropshire on 31 March 1916 [94]
Private 4397 in the Australian Imperial Force's 28th Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War [94]
Following the end of hostilities returned to Australia on 1 June 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [94]
Married Vera Kathleen Craig RUTLAND in Perth in 1922 [66]
Farmer of Glenhurst Farm in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Won 1st prize for a Draught Stallion in the Horse section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 received 2nd prize for a male Bronzewing Turkey [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
He was charged £8/9/6 in fines and court costs at the Carnamah Police Court on Wednesday 30 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
The dual offence was driving an unlicensed Fisher truck without a driver's license in Poynton Parade, Coorow on 23 December [5]
Died 29 October 1998; buried Midland Cemetery, Midland WA (General, B, 73) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Clifford Clyde Crocker' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/clifford-clyde-crocker [reference list] |
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