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Ernest Elgood Crawshaw

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 81), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 81), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Elgood AWMM
  • Surname
    Crawshaw AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 53906 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 June 1889 Noel Smith and Lyn Griffiths research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elsie Lorriane Gunn Crawshaw (wife), 79 Winchester Street, Merivale, 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 53906 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 Unknown AWMM Public accountant/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Ernest Crawshaw was the son of Thomas and Louisa Crawshaw, of Christchurch, New Zealand; husband of Elsie Lorraine Gunn Crawshaw, of 28 Papanui Rd., Christchurch. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 October 1918 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Le Cateau, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM IV. E. 10. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

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  • Commemorated as the featured Old Boy at the Anzac Day Service held at Christchurch Boys' High School , April 25 2019
    Public - Steve - Researcher - 23 April 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      81: 16 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. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith and Lyn Griffiths (2021). AWMM

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23 April 2019Steve Christchurch, NZResearcher

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