George Crosbie

Forenames

• George AWMM
• George Spittal
  Public - Ronald Murray - Researcher - 31 July 2023 - Statutory Register of Births for Scotland, 1893, 644 / 3 / 343 Dennistoun.

Surname

Crosbie AWMM

Also known as

George Spittal Crosbie AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/938 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 Feb 1893 Kiwi Jocks Research
58 Roslea Drive, Glasgow AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tangiteroria, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

T.S. Crosbie (father). 3 Armadale Street, Denniston, Glasgow, Scotland AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/938 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Army Medical Corps AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr T. S. Crosbie, Denniston, Glasgow (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 May 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM I. B. 9. AWMM

Memorial name

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/R21899261
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/276055/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/276055
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 164
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915