Living

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military Service: Service Number - NX88202
• _UID: 3A5107E57EF544C6813E5506FCBB59486660

Notes:

As a child he had very limited schooling doing most of his school work by correspondence.

Farmed all his life in western New South Wales battling drought and pest plagues.

During WWII, in 1940, he was serving with the 8/8th Anti Aircraft Battery where he held the rank of Gun Specialist and he was a specialist in gas identification. By 1944 he served as a Private with the 2nd/24-9th Infantry Division on the island of Morotai.

He was a champion shot and enjoyed his membership of the Ungarie Rifle Club.

In 1955 his shooting team won the Sargard Shield when Mac was the top scorer

Alexander married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: FFC11F77D6A14BCB8C1569E485D04562CD4D
• Occupation: 25 Jun 1912; farmers assistant
• Residence: 25 Jun 1912, Glenend Farm, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Emigration: 9 Jul 1913, London, England
• Occupation: 9 Jul 1913; farmer

Notes:

He was born with the name Duncan Alexander McDuff, known later as Alexander McDuff Crerar

He was adopted by his grandparents and brought up believing they were his parents. It was only when he married that he found out that his eldest sister was his birth mother. He then had nothing further to do with his family when he emigrated to Australia.
Alexander attended school in Gartmore. Lynn McCambridge has a bible given to him by the school.
After their first child, Margaret, was born and died a few days after the birth, they emigrated to Australia.
Initially they resided at Cowra, NSW, later moving to Ungarie, NSW.


Emigration:
Departed onboard the Wilcannia for Australia

Alexander married Margaret Henderson Aitken on 25 Jun 1912 in St Michaels Hotel, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of James Aitken and Margaret Dobbie) was born on 25 Jan 1882 in Fallside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 9 Feb 1976 in Western Suburbs Hospital, Burwood, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 4EB0E03486F14AA3B7F5D34FB0CEDE36D65A
• Residence: 1891, Newlands, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1901, Glenend Farm, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Occupation: 25 Jun 1912; farmers daughter
• Residence: 25 Jun 1912, Glenend Farm, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Emigration: 9 Jul 1913, London, England
• Residence: 9 Feb 1976, Rostherne Avenue, Croydon, NSW, Australia

Notes:

After their first child, Margaret, was born and died a few days after the birth, they emigrated to Australia.

Initially they resided at Cowra, NSW, later moving to Ungarie, NSW.

Margaret was an accomplished pianist and her obituary says she held a D.Mus.
Her obituary states, in part, "she bravely faced the challenge of life in a new land where she raised a large family many miles from medical aid and other amenities. Although virtually isolated from World affairs she inherited her family's interest in international matters and politics."

The obituary writer falsely, claims an association with Robert Aitken, the astronomer and Director of the Lick Observatory, California. There is no connection.
At the time of Margaret's death in the Western Suburbs Hospital she was residing with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr & Mrs Forsyth, at Rostherne Avenue, Croydon, NSW.

Emigration:
Departed onboard the Wilcannia for Australia

Notes:

Married:
Arriving at the church in grand style in a horse drawn carriage, Witnesses at the wedding of Alexander Crerar and Margaret Henderson, were ??? Crerar and Elizabeth Lambie