Arthur Grant Ross CRAWFORD

Regimental number16282
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Isabella Cunningham Crawford, c/o J Y Crawford, Clifton, Pahiatua
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Moeraki on 10 August 1916
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitNo 16 (New Zealand) Company, Imperial Camel Corps
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Cross

FateDied of wounds 9 June 1918
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row O, Grave No 186), Egypt
Medals

Military Cross

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. When the enemy made a determined assault and drove our men from their position, he rallied the men, and with great courage and daring led them back to the attack. All day, till wounded, he directed the fire of his machine-gun section, continually visiting different parts of the firing line under heavy shell, rifle, and machine-gun fire.

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. When the enemy made a determined assault and drove our men from their position, he rallied the men, and with great courage and daring led them back to the attack. All day, till wounded, he directed the fire of his machine-gun section, continually visiting different parts of the firing line under heavy shell, rifle, and machine-gun fire.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 16 September 1918

Other detailsMedals: Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 1

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