Life Summary - Sir William Rooke Creswell

Creswell, Sir William Rooke (1852–1933)

	Creswell, Sir William Rooke (1852–1933)
Born	20 July, 1852 Gibraltar , England
Died	20 April, 1933 (aged 80) Armadale, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English
Related Entries [View as tree]	Creswell, Adelaide Elizabeth (wife) Stow, Baby (brother-in-law) Dutton, Caroline (aunt by marriage) Knight, Harriet Agnes (aunt by marriage) MacDermott, Henry Irwin (uncle by marriage) MacDermott, Charles (uncle by marriage) Stow, Cedric Ernest (nephew by marriage)
Occupation*	colonial militia (Australia) (1885-1901) South Australia, Australia colonial militia (Australia) (1900-1901) Queensland, Australia navy officer (1904-1919) Federal, Australia navy chief-of-staff (1905-1919) Federal, Australia farmer (1919-1933) Victoria, Australia
Military Service*	Boxer Rebellion (1900-01) (naval commandant) Commonwealth Naval Forces (commandant, 1905) Australian Naval Board (founding naval officer, 1911)
Awards	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1897) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1911)
Key Events*	Imperial Conference, 1909 (delegate)
Key Organisations*	Holdfast Bay Yacht Club (SA) (member, ?-1900) Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron (committee member, ?-1900)
Workplaces*	Queensland Naval Forces (commandant, 1900)

* Dates are approximate