CRONE, Joseph James
(Service number 11625)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 16 January 1881 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Fruit grower | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Thomas W Crone(father)Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZ Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th reinforcements,Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C COmpany | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 51, Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 2nd Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 October 1916 | Age | 35 |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caterpillar Valley(NZ) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
son of Thomas Wilsonand Mrs Cron, Leonard St, Waimate
Sources
Cenotaph [20 October 2014]
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