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Alexander McGregor Crerar
1914 - 2006 (91 years)-
Name Alexander McGregor Crerar Birth 4 Jul 1914 Cowra, NSW, Australia 
[1] Gender Male Death 14 May 2006 West Wyalong Hospital, NSW, Australia [1] Person ID I8340 OrwinMillar 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)Marriage 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 
Living Children 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. Living 6. Ian Alexander Crerar, b. 1962 d. 1962 (Age 0 years) Family ID F3202 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2008
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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
- As a child he had very limited schooling doing most of his school work by correspondence.
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Sources - [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).
- [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).