James Alexander CROOKS

Regimental number64460
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Bell, Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateDied of disease 27 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLille Southern Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 22), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary Ann Crooks (now Bell), Sherborne Road, Mt Eden, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 35