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Sidney Harry Crowhurst

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Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libia.

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libia.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sidney Harry AWMM
  • Surname
    Crowhurst AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    30990 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
    Unknown AWMM Kaponga, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr H. Crowhurst (father), Oeo, King Country, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • Oio is a small King Country settlement some 26 km South of Taumarunui on State Highway 4. The correct spelling is Oio and it is not in the Taranaki. Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 21 November 2020 - research
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Divorced AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    30990 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Sidney Crowhurst was the son of Harry and Ethel Crowhurst, of Hukapapa, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM
    • Sidney's pre war occupation, Service Car Proprietor. Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 21 November 2020 - research

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. K. 21. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Taumarunui War Memorial Hall, Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand. Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 21 November 2020 - research

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2096452
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 107 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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21 November 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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