F.+CROOKES

Ferdinand Crookes, 2789A Private, 38th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died 13th October 1917, aged 27. Commemorated at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Special Memorial 52. Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Crookes, of Horsley Gate Lane, Holmesfield, Sheffield, England.

Australian War Memorial Archives:

Roll of Honour: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/records/awm131/awm131-13-0045.pdf Resided in Bayswater in the State of Victoria. Born at Horsley Gate Lane, Holmesfield, Sheffield, England. Calling: Farm worker. Educated at the Council School, Holmesfield. Enlisted 9th November 1916 and posted to 38th Battalion, which he rejoined on 2nd September 1917.

Service record available from the National Archives of Australia: Born Yorkshire, England Enlisted in the 6th Reinforcements of the 38th Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria, 16th October 1916, under the alias of Frederick Crookes Employed as a farm labourer Next of kin, Joseph Crookes, Horsley Gate, Holmesfield, near Sheffield, England <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Permanent address in Australia: Bayswater, Victoria <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5 foot 5.25” in height <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fresh complexion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Blue eyes <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Brown hair <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Religion Church of England <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Distinctive marks: 4 vaccination marks on the right arm, scar on right knee, scar on small of back

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Embarked at Melbourne, Victoria, on the A7 Medic, 16th December 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Disembarked Plymouth, Devon, 18th February 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Admitted to Fovant Hospital, 4th March 1917, with measles, until the 23rd March <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Arrived at Durrington Camp, 7th April 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transferred to 66th Battalion, 28th April 1917, then transferred to 38th Battalion on the same day at Perham Downs <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Proceeded from Southampton 25th August 1917 and arrived Rouelles same day <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Taken on unit strength 2nd September 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Killed in action 13th October 1917