Ernest Elgood CRAWSHAW

Regimental number53906
OccupationPublic accountant
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elsie Lorriane Gunn Crawshaw, 79 Winchester Street, Merivale, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationCompany Sergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 36th Reinforcements, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Balmoral Castle on 24 April 1918
SS 'Balmoral Castle' left New Zealand, 24 April 1918; returned to Wellington, 27 April 1918; sailed, 2 May 1918.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNaves Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 10), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Louisa Crawshaw, of Christchurch. Wife: Elsie Lorraine Gunn Crawshaw, 28 Papanui Road, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 81, p. 16