Patrick Joseph CRONIN

Regimental number8/4111
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs K Cronin, West End, Mill Street, Co Cork, Ireland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 13 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLa Brique Military Cemetery No 2 (Plot I, Row E, Grave No 7), Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and Catherine Cronin, West End, Millstreet, Co Cork, Ireland
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 14