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Hugh McCracken

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 25 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 25 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    McCracken AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26510 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019 - Military file from Discovering ANZACS.

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 January 1882 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    26 January 1882 Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019 - Military File. Signed Attestation from Hugh on Discovering ANZACS.
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch, New Zealand. Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019 - Military File. Signed Attestation from Hugh on Discovering ANZACS.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs May McCrae ken (wife), 52 Leeds Street, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26510 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
    WW1 Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Illness of Chronic Synovitis.
    Married May in 1903. Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019 - Military File Discovering ANZACS.

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 November 1921 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    39 Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019 - Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019 - Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database
  • Grave reference
    Block 36C Plot 62 Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019 - Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • Thank you Hugh McCracken for your service to our country.

    Poem for the Fallen.
    By Laurence Binyon.

    They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
    Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the morning
    We will remember them.

    LEST WE FORGET.
    Public - Bron - Researcher - 14 August 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R10923219
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 25 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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14 August 2019BronSelwyn DistrictResearcher

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