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John William Crook (1895-1970) coal miner, trade union leader and politician
Birth: 14 November 1895 at Korumburra, Victoria, son of John Crook, miner and unionist, and Ellen, née Phillips. Marriages: (1) 1914 at Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales, to native-born Eva Maud Blanche Luckraft (1897-1927). They had three sons. (2) 1933 at Kurri Kurri, NSW, to Annie Elizabeth ‘Nance’, née Scruton, late O’Connell (1902-1989), a divorcée born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, who had served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in England during World War I. They had one son. Death: 4 July 1970 at West Wallsend, NSW. Religion: Methodist.
Sources
Heather Radi, Peter Spearritt & Elizabeth Hinton, Biographical Register of the NSW Parliament 1901-1970 (Canberra, 1979); E. Ross, A history of the Miners' Federation of Australia ([Sydney] 1970).
'Crook, John William (1895–1970)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/crook-john-william-33054/text41202, accessed 1 September 2024.
John Crook, n.d.
14 November,
1895
Korumburra,
Victoria,
Australia
4 July,
1970
(aged 74)
Newcastle,
New South Wales,
Australia
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.