Birth: 20 January 1881 Milang, Strathalbyn, South Australia
Father: Joseph Owen Croucher 1850-1921
Mother: Margaret Isobel McDonald 1850-1937
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Unknown
Death: 1950 South Australia
Unknown
Entry in Ancestry All Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 for Joseph Erksine Croucher, father Joseph Owen, in 1881 in Milang, South Australia.
The family moved to Port Elliott by 1886 from the birth of his brother.
Entry in The West Australian Tuesday 14 June 1898 "June 13. In the Supreme Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, Joseph Erskine Croucher, a lad of 16, was sentenced to six months' hard labour for stealing a bicycle, the property of the Government, and selling the same to a dealer. The accused was given the benefit of the First Offenders Act, and left the court in charge of his father."
Entry in the Adelaide Advertiser Friday 26 January 1900 for Joseph Erskine Croucher who is included in the list of Non-Commissioned Officers in the Mounted Contingent leaving on the Steamer Surrey for South Africa.
Entry in the Adelaide Advertiser Tuesday 7 January 1902 for Joseph Erskine Croucher of Crown Hotel, Victor Harbor, aged 21 years, who is included in the list of the Second Contingent having served one year 138 days in South Africa.
Entry in Australian Military History of the Early 20th Century for 9 Trooper Joseph Erskine Croucher 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles.
There is an entry in First World War Embarkation Roll for Joseph Erskine Croucher number 1701 a private in 32 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 12 Reinforcements (November 1915 - December 1916) embarked in 11 January 1916 on A30 HMAT Borda in Adelaide. He was aged 34, a labourer, single of Jankalida, South Australia, next of kin Margaret Croucher of Jankalida, South Australia, joined on 6 September 1915.
Entry in Ancestry All Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 for Joseph Erskin Croucher in 1950 in South Australia.
John Lush and K Woods have entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Joseph Erskine Croucher born in 1881, parents Joseph Owen Croucher and Margaret McDonald. Coralie Jones adds his birth on 20 January 1881 in Milang, Strathalbyn, South Australia.
Milang, Strathalbyn is about 38 miles SSW of Adelaide. Port Elliott is about 43 miles south of Adelaide.