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CROCOME, Alfred John
(Service number 55440)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	27/07/1893	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Gardener
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs J. CROCOME (mother), 78 Rose Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	28th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	26 July 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Reported wounded - NZ Herald, 13 April 1918

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	4 June 1949	Age	65 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alfred John Crocome was the son of James Crocome. He was probably born some years earlier than that recorded in his personnel file.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [09 December 2016]; New Zealand Herald, 13 April 1918 (Papers Past) [31 December 2016]

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