Lester
Croft
Born in South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of [father unknown] and Annie Beryl (Austen) Gill
Brother of
Terry Gill [half], Noel Herbert Gill [half], Nita Gill [half], John Desmond Gill [half], Ronald Gill, Ivo Bruce Gill [half], Valerie Jean Gill [half], Rex Gill [half], Betty Gill [half], Fay Gill [half] and Ross Gill [half]
Husband of
Irene Chin (Soon) Croft
— married
16 May 1942 in Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 75
in Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Aug 2013
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Biography
Sources
Service Record
Name CROFT, LESTER
Service Australian Army
Service Number QX34763 (Q78530)
Date of Birth 16 May 1920
Place of Birth SOUTH GRAFTON, NSW
Date of Enlistment 18 Mar 1941
Locality on Enlistment SOUTH BRISBANE, QLD
Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin CROFT, IRENE
Date of Discharge 12 Dec 1945
Rank Corporal
Posting at Discharge 12 AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lester by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lester by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lester:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Janelle (Watts) Milgate 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A280523 [compare], Ancestry member jmilgate68
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~0.78%
Berice (Yelds) Lawson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A259374 [compare], Ancestry member kurrajong42
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~0.78%
Douglas Austen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A777764 [compare], Ancestry member austendd
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~0.78%
Robert Marmont :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Fiona Thurn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RP2283601 [compare], Ancestry member fthurn
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