John Patrick CRIMMINS

Regimental number6/1502
Date of birth10 March 1888
Place of birthStillwater
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSawmiller
AddressRuru
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 6"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, M Crimmins, Moana, Greymouth
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs M Crimmins, Moana, Greymouth
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Admitted to 16th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 13 July 1915 (tonsillitis); discharged to duty, 21 July 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 30 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 19 January 1916 (mumps); discharged to Depot, Ghzireh, 5 February 1916; rejoined Bn, Ismailia, 10 February 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 26 March 1916; discharged to duty, 4 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 29 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 June 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 1 March 1917; joined 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 10 August 1917, and posted to 13th Company.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Handwritten note on file: 'Buried Passchendaele ... in & all about this region & Bellvue. Report by B.O. 2nd Anzac Burial Corps, 19 November 1917'; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21899050

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