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Le CREN, Charles Frederic
(Service number 36815)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	14/09/1896	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Eiffelton, Ashburton
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	F. J. Le CREN (father), Seaview Terrace. Timaru
Religion	Church of England
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	24th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry regiment, B Company
Date	5 April 1917
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	*1980	Age
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Fredic Le Cren was the son of Frederic Jaumard and Adelaide Helen (née Nantes). He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919. Charles married Lily Harriet Hill in 1922.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 17 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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