Edward James CRONIN

Regimental number51696
OccupationSailor
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Cronin, 37 Freemasons Road, Custom House, London, England
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSucrerie Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 53), Colincamps, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parent: Cornelius and Alice Louise Cronin, 56 Malmesbury Terrace, Canning Town, London, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 22

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