CRONE, Arthur
(Service number 70931)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | 13/07/1890 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Leonard Street, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Thomas W. CRONE (father), Leonard Street, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 36th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 23 April 1918 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 June 1963 | Age | 72 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Riverton Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Arthur Crone was the son of Thomas Wilson and Jane (née Ball) Crone. He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919. His brother James Joseph Crone was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme, and his brother George also served.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 17 March 2018]; Riverton Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch cemetery records) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]
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