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Albert Edward Creswell

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Image of Private Albert Edward Creswell (6/1500) from the Weekly News 1915. Kindly provided by Onward Project, Phil Beattie & Matt Pomeroy. Kindly provided by Onward Project, Phil Beattie & Matt Pomeroy. No Known Copyright.

Image of Private Albert Edward Creswell (6/1500) from the Weekly News 1915. Kindly provided by Onwar …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Creswell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Albert Edward Cresswell AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1500 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 February 1884 AWMM Stoke, Nelson AWMM
  • Date of birth
    18 February 1884 Public - Peter - Researcher - 15 October 2017 - Military records
  • Place of birth
    Stoke, Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 15 October 2017 - Military records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Karamea, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    W.D. Creswell (father), Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1500 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 Canterbury, 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Albert Cresswell was the son of Fanny Elizabeth Cresswell, of Stoke, Nelson, and the late William Daniel Cresswell.

    He also served at Gallipoli from the landing to the evacuation.

    Surname appears as Creswell in Nominal Rolls, as Cresswell in Archives New Zealand AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 September 1916 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France 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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    • Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
    • Memorial gates, Stoke, Community Hall, Main Road, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
08 May 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
15 October 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher

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