Augustin Joseph Cranney

Forenames

Augustin Joseph AWMM

Surname

Cranney AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2563 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 27th May 1880

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Place of birth

Parramatta, NSW, Australia

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Birth notes

Son of the late James and Elizabeth Cranney, of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Peel Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.E. Cranney (wife), Peel Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Marie Elizabeth Cranney, of Lowe St., Gisborne,
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2563 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Augustin Cranney was the son of the late James and Elizabeth Cranney, of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Marie Elizabeth Cranney, of Lowe St., Gisborne, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. E. Cranney, Lowe St, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

29 Nov 1917 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Mrs A. J'. Cranney has received the sad news of the death of her husband, Corporal Cranney, who was killed In action on November 29. Although in business is Gisborne he .felt, in the earlier stages of the war, that it was his duty to go and enlisted in the 6th reinforcements. He first saw active service in Gallipoli, and has subsequently seen a great deal of active service in France.

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Memorial name

• Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21898682
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737278/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737278
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 159
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.