Edward CRAWFORD

Regimental number2/863
Address22 Calliope Road, Devonport, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Crawford, Gill Street, New Plymouth
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
No 1 Field Artillery Brigade left New Zealand on board 'Willochra'; No 4 Howitzer Battery on board 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankActing Bombardier
Final unit1st Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 21 October 1916
Place of burialAIF Burial Ground (Plot I, Row E, Grave No 25), Flers, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs A Crawford, Gill Street, New Plymouth
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Second