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			Creator		Crooks, Thomas Ray
			Title		Crooks war diary, 11 February 1915 - 24 May 1918 / Thomas Ray Crooks
			Level of Description		Collection
			Date of Work		11 February 1915 - 24 May 1918
			Type of Material		Textual Records
			Call Number		MLMSS 838
			Issue Copy		Digitised : 2011
			Physical Description		0.05 metres of textual material (1 folder) : manuscript
			Administrative / Biographical Note		Lieutenant T. R. Crooks, a coachman of New Lambton, New South Wales was born in Hobart, Tasmania and was aged 30 when he enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales, 30 Dec. 1914. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee, 11 Febr. 1915 and served in the 13th and 45th Battalions. He took part in campaigns in the Dardanelles, France and Belgium and was wounded in action in France, 6 Aug. 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, Mar. 1917. He was returned to Australia as a disciplinary case after being AWOL for 4 days, 13 Mar. 1918
			Contents		Describes experiences while training in Egypt, in action in the war zones and during rest periods in England
			Source		Purchased from T. R. Crooks, 1919 Part of the European War Collecting Project (also known as the Soldiers' Diaries Collection or War Diaries Collection), established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918


			General Note		Microfilm available at CY 4893, frames 1 - 144 State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
			Name		Australia. Army. Battalion, 13th Seang Bee (Ship)
			Subject		Australia. Army. Battalion, 45th Soldiers, Australian -- 20th century. Soldiers, Australian -- Diaries. World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia. World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
			Digital order no.		Album ID : 971393