CROSS, Cyril Charles
(Service number 16532)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 3 August 1897 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | 20 | |
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| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | Robert Cross (father), Mangati, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 15th Reinforcements Specialist Machine-Gun Section | ||
| Date | 26 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, Devon, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Machine Gun Corps | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Cross served abroad for 2 years 186 days
Correspondence to his mother (Mary Laurie Cross), dated 3 May 1918, from the New Zealand Government Offices, The Strand, London reported on Cyril's recovery from the serious wounds received in France.
After Cross was discharged, he returned to live in Timaru although his service records state his intended address after discahrge was Waihi, Geraldine). During the second World War Cross once again enlisted in 1940, entering camp on 27 Januauary 1941, serving with the National military Reserve at Burnham and Addington camps. He was finally discharged on 1 September 1948. At the time of his re-enlistment his next of kin was given as his wife, Joy Eleanor Cross of 25 Archer Street, Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, 27 May 2015
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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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