Michael Cronin
Born 12 Apr 1893 - Died 21 Feb 1921
- Service number
- WWI K18115 AWMM
- WWII NZ246 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Navy AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Stoker Class 1 AWMM Royal Navy, HMS Chatham, New Zealand Station AWMM
- War
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About birth
- Birth
- 12 Apr 1893 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
- Royal Navy/Civilian AWMM
- Next of kin
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Navy AWMM
- Service number
- WWI K18115 AWMM
- WWII NZ246 AWMM
- Military service
- HMS Dido AWMM
- HMS Vernon AWMM
- Royal Navy, HMS Pembroke II AWMM
- HMS Chatham AWMM
- HMS Philomel AWMM
- Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- Pre WW1/Regular Military Service Factory hand/Civilian AWMM HMS Victory II AWMM
- WW1 Stoker Class 2 AWMM HMS Princess Royal AWMM Royal Navy AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, WWI AWMM
5 foot 3.75 inches AWMM - Hair colour, WWI AWMM
Brown AWMM - Eye colour, WWI AWMM
Grey AWMM - Complexion, WWI AWMM
Fair AWMM - Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Found drowned in Evan's Bay AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Stoker Class 1 AWMM
Royal Navy, HMS Chatham, New Zealand Station AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Served on Princess Royal from 5 June 1914 to 8 August 1918.
Transferred to New Zealand after a checkered career in the Royal Navy in Britain. His service record lists several incidents that lead to detention in cells. He forfeited his claim to a Royal Navy pension.
Amongst other information cited in his records are the fact that he was paid a war gratuity at HMS Espiefle.
He died in Wellington on the Evan's Bay slip whilst the HMS Philomel was docked for repairs. HMS Philomel is registered in Auckland at the Devonport Naval Base which we surmise is the reason he is remembered on the Auckland War Memorial Hall of Memories.
He came to New Zealand from Britain on the Chatham. The Chatham called at Wellington to tow the disabled Philomel to Auckland. Instead, repairs were undertaken by a skeleton crew from the Chatham with the intention of sailing Philomel north. Philomel was on the slip in Evan's Bay for the repairs when Stocker Cronin was found dead and floating in the water. (Morey, K.A. (2008) p. 65, and Paper's Past, 19 March 1921, p. 5.)
Next of Kin: Mrs Cronin, Cannon St Rd, London (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 21 Feb 1921 AWMM
Age 27 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Accidental Death AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM 102X AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Casualty record
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75230173/CRONIN,%20MICHAEL
Sources Used - Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Wellington City Council. Cemetery record
http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=63613
Sources Used - National Archives (UK). Military History resources.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?WT.ac=MHhomepage
Further Reference - Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Casualty record
- References
- Morey, K.A. (2008). Service from the sea = Nga mahi no te moana : New Zealand naval history told through the collections of the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum. Auckland, N.Z.: Viking.
Morey, K.A. (2008), p. 65 - Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
Cemetery register no. 63613 - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
- Morey, K.A. (2008). Service from the sea = Nga mahi no te moana : New Zealand naval history told through the collections of the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum. Auckland, N.Z.: Viking.
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