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Thomas Bertram Cranswick

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 159 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 159 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Bertram AWMM
  • Surname
    Cranswick AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2564 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 August 1887 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Waimata Valley, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 J. Cranswick (father), Fieldhouse, Humanby, Yorkshire, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2564 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Wellington, New Zealand 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Thomas Cranswick was the son of John and Charlotte Cranswick of The Red House, Scalby, Scarborough, England.

    New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page 141. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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18 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 March 2021Andrew Graham Auckland , nzResearcher

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