Eric Robert Irving CROKER

Regimental number39027
OccupationWarehouseman
Next of kinFather, J T Croker, c/o New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Mokoia on 13 February 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Taylor Croker and Diana Valentine Croker, 23 Waipapa Road, Hataitai, Wellington. Native of Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 29