Leslie CRACKNELL

Regimental number6/3669
OccupationGardener
Next of kinWife, Mrs H K Cracknell, c/o W Corry, Solicitor, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 17 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (Special Memorial Plot IX, Row AA, Grave No 19), Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: the late H Kate Cracknell, 275 Somme Parade, Aramoho, Wanganui
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 24

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