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CROWLEY, Cornelius Michael Storer
(Service number 6/606)

Aliases aka STOWERS-CROWLEY Cornelius Michael
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 11/04/1892 Place of Birth Reefton

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Church Street, Reefton
Occupation Blacksmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs CROWLEY, Reefton
Religion Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date
Transport Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From Destination
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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 13 or 14 February 1963 Age 70 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Memorial Reference Services Area, Block 30, Plot 21
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Cornelius Michael Storer Crowley (Stowers-Crowley) was the son of Mr and Mrs Crowley of Reefton. He was educated at the Reefton School and the Catholic School there. Con returned with several other invalided and wounded Timaru men, on the Willochra in late October 1915. Cornelius married Constance Mary Trehey in 1927.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 March 2018]; Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, headstone image & burial record (Dunedin City Council) [03 April 2018]; School Admission records (Nelson Branch NZSG) [03 April 2018]; Otago Witness, 3 November 2018 (Papers Past)

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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