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Military service
Service number:
F/45208
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 13, 1921
Maclennen's Mountain, Pictou county, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
June 28, 1940
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 14, 1945
Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. F. 15.
Additional information
Son of Seymour and Catherine Crook, of Thorburn, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia. Husband of Mary Crook, of Thorburn, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Franklin Joseph Crook
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Grave Marker
The grave of Franklin Joseph Crook in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, the Netherlands. -
My Pictou County Hero
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My Pictou County Hero (Page 2)
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Photo of Jenna White
Jenna White, Youth Delegate from Pictou County, Nova Scotia (NS), gives a commemorative presentation on the life of Franklin Joseph Crook of Pictou County, NS, on May 5, 2005, in front of his grave at Holten Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands. -
Photo 2 of Jenna White
Youth Delegates pause for a moment of silence in memory of the late Franklin Joseph Crook following Jenna White's presentation at his grave in Holten Canadian War Cemetery. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Record of Service
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Biography
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Biography
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Newspaper Clipping
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Franklin Crook with his war bride Mary Crooks (Connely) in Manchester, England.
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Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
Digital gallery of
Private Franklin Joseph Crook
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 507 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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