Alexander McGregor Crerar

1914 - 2006  (91 years)

• Name	Alexander McGregor Crerar
  Born	4 Jul 1914	Cowra, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Service Number - NX88202
  _UID	3A5107E57EF544C6813E5506FCBB59486660
  Died	14 May 2006	West Wyalong Hospital, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Person ID	I8340	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	Alexander McDuff Crerar,   b. 11 Jul 1888, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 9 Aug 1975, Condobolin, NSW, Australia  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Margaret Henderson Aitken,   b. 25 Jan 1882, Fallside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 9 Feb 1976, Western Suburbs Hospital, Burwood, NSW, Australia  (Age 94 years)
  Married	25 Jun 1912	St Michaels Hotel, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	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
  Family ID	F2755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beryl Farrands
  Married	12 Jul 1947	NSW, Australia   [1]
  Children	1. Robert John Crerar   2. Heather Crerar   3. Margaret Anne Crerar   4. Helen Crerar   5. Roslyn Marie Crerar   6. Ian Alexander Crerar,   b. 1962,   d. 1962  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F3202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).