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Lt. Cyril Ednott Crooke
Australian Flying Corps 2nd Sqdn.
from:Australia
Cyril Ednott Crooke was born at South Yarra, Victoria on 3rd April 1891 to parents James and Leura. A graduate of studies in agriculture, he was 24 years old when he enlisted in Melbourne on 20th January 1916. Crooke was assigned to the No. 2 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps and departed Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses on 25th 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 24th August 1918.

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