CROMBIE, Albert James
(Service number 44354)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 17/07/1890 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Law Clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Anna Knox Crombie, (mother) Fenton St, Stratford, Taranaki | ||
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 | 24th reinforcements,F company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 82, Pakeha | ||
| Embarked From | wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st 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 | 12 December 1917 | Age | 27 |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | accidental death on active service | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Reingheist New Military Cemetery, Reningelst, Poperingseweg, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
son of James and Anna Crombie, 5 Council St, St Kilda, Dunedin. Hushand ofMargaret Alice Crombie (nee Gilman) married 2 Mar 1917. died after falling off a train when he was runover by the train and decapitated. Detailed report in war record
Sources
Cenotaph [20 October 2014]
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