CRIMINS, Cornelius
(Service number 68691)
| First Rank | private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 02/04/1892 | Place of Birth | New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Railway Porter (Rolleston Railway Station) | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E Crimins (mother) 62 Regent St, Timaru | ||
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 | 33rd Reinforcement, AUckland Infantry Regiment, A Company | ||
| Date | 31 December 1917 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 99, Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Infantry Regiment, 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 September 1918 | Age | 26 |
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| Place of Death | Havrincourt,France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Bancourt British Cemetery, Pa-de-Calais | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Cornelius and Ellen Crimins, Regent St, Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [20 October 2014]; SCRoll web submission from L Seaton, 30 March 2015
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Researched and Written by
Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG
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