Regimental number | 6/3669 |
Occupation | Gardener |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs H K Cracknell, c/o W Corry, Solicitor, Wanganui |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Buttes 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 |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 24 |