Clarence Alexander HORSCROFT

Regimental number30803
OccupationLetter carrier
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Horscroft, Church Street West, Onehunga
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Mary Ann Horscroft, Church Street West, Onehunga, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 3

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