John Jennings CROMPTON

Regimental number6/4017
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs L C Crompton, Queens Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot X, Row C, Grave No 22), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Jardine Crompton and Louisa C Crompton, 3 Mount Pleasant Road, Mount Eden, Auckland. Native of Omata, Taranaki
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10/718 Cpl Thomas Sully CROMPTON, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 5 March 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 14

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