Fred Albert Crum

Forenames

Fred Albert AWMM

Surname

Crum AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/240 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Albert Crum (father), New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/240 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 AWMM Vessel was Star of India AWMM Private AWMM Ambulance AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps, Mounted Field Ambulance AWMM

Fred Crum was the son of Albert and Margaret Crum, of New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

War letters of 3/240 Private Frederick Albert Crum, New Zealand Medical Corps, 1NZEF. Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru, New Zealand. [Donation receipt no. 12518]

Next of Kin: Mr A. Crum, New Lynn, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

9 Apr 1917 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Date of death

9 May 1917

Public - Jamie - Researcher - 12 May 2017 - Military Personnel File and CWGC

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Palestine, Israel AWMM D. 75. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1917. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Star of Avondale No 100F. 63., Oddfellows, Avondale RSA, 7 Layard Street, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• New Lynn RSA, 2 Veronica Street, New Lynn 0600 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21005290
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 166
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, Second term. p.17
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.