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Clarence Raymond Crosby

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Clarence Raymond AWMM
  • Surname
    Crosby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bing AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 43470 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 1941 AWMM C/o W. D. Peach, Mercer AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. S. J. Crosby, Waiuku (f). AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 43470 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom Roll 4 Railway surfaceman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 4
    2NZEF Nom Roll 4
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Isobel. Father of Colin, Elaine, Ellen, Beverley, Selwyn, Mavis, Eunice, Max, Laurie, Robyn. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 January 1977 Public source
    Age 60 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pukekohe Cemetery AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • This man was my great Grandfather, I am happy to have found this about him I hope he is happy up there
    I will remember him forever.

    o7
    From Devan
    Public - Devan - Other relative - 19 January 2022
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Sources

Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.83 AWMM
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM

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19 January 2022DevanAuckland New ZealandOther relative

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