Clarence Alexander Horscroft

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Clarence Alexander AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Horscroft AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 30803 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Whānautanga mai

9 May 1895 AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW1 Mrs C. Horscroft (mother), Church Street West, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 30803 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Letter carrier/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 07 Dec 1916-18 Feb 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 71 AWMM Vessel was Port Lyttelton AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Clarence Horscroft was the son of Charles and Mary Ann Horscroft, of Church St. West, Onehunga, Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mr G. Horscroft, Church St, Onehunga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

4 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Onehunga Arch of Remembrance, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Onehunga Returned and Services Association, 57 Princes Street, Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18049939
  Further Reference
• Onehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Index
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847682/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847682
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• 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.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  47: 3
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.