Charles David Cruickshank

Forenames

Charles David AWMM

Surname

Cruickshank AWMM

Service number

WWI 25678 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1890 Public Source

Date of birth

1890

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Place of birth

Matakana, New Zealand

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Birth notes

Nick name "Chick".

Son of David James Cruickshank and Sophia Cruickshank, formerly Stuart

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Address before enlistment

Rosemount, Matakana.

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Next of kin

David James Cruickshank (father), Matakana, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 23 Sep 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25678 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Also talented amateur photographer who a left legacy of many glass photographic plates.

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Embarkation details

WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Rifleman AWMM 8th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

• Other, WWI AWMM
  Nature of Injury: C.P.D.I. and appendicitis Percent of disability: 25 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM
• He never recovered from injuiries sustained from being gassed in the war.
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Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Death

10 Jul 1921 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cemetery

Matakana Cemetery, Leigh Road, Rodney District, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

• Matakana War Memorial (King George war memorial statue), Matakana Wharf Reserve, Matakana Road, Matakana, New Zealand 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/R21005303
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643224/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643224
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  41: 34
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.