Ernest Alfred LE CREN

Regimental number24/2021
Place of birthAustralia
OccupationClerk
Next of kinWife, Mrs E A Le Cren, 14 Kensington Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationQuartermaster Sergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 September 1916
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 45), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Mabel Le Cren, 16 Lindum Terrace, Oriental Bay, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 30

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