Joseph McCreanor

Forenames

Joseph AWMM

Surname

McCreanor AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/4045 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

1 Dec 1884 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Auckland AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs M. McCreanor (mother), 6 Barretta Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/4045 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
  London Gazette 01/01/1918 AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Railway porter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 or HMNZT 48 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Joseph McCreanor was the son of Robert and Margaret McCreanor, of Belfast, Ireland.

Next of Kin: Mr R. McCreanor, Burwood, Christchurc (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

1 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. B. Headstone 9. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. 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/R10923256
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880399
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/206063/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/206063
  Further Reference
• Members of the NZEF 1914-1918 with a next-of-kin address in Ireland or who were born in Ireland.
  https://www.sooty.nz/irish1nzef.html
  Further Reference
• 1 September 2024. Remembering on behalf of our extended family.
  Public - Priscilla - Other relative - 31 August 2024 - Documented family history.

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  26: 9
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.