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Henry CRONK

Regimental number4400
Date of birth5 June 1889
Place of birthNewtown, New South Wales
SchoolRyde Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWattle Street, Ryde, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Cronk, Wattle Street, Ryde, New South Wales
Enlistment date29 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 March 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2352 CSM Frederick Cronk, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Other detailsService in France. Wounded at Bullecourt, 4 May 1917 and invalided to Weymouth Hospital, England. Returned to Duty January 1918. Taken prisoner at Villers Bretonneux 15 April 1918. Repatriated to England after the signing of the Armistice

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