Regimental number | 6/4017 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs L C Crompton, Queens Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | Tyne 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 connections | Brother: 10/718 Cpl Thomas Sully CROMPTON, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 5 March 1917 |
Other details |
War service: Western Front |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 14 |
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