Joseph Patrick CRONIN

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Service Number:	4314
Enlisted:	25 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Snowtown, South Australia, Australia, 25 December 1897
Home Town:	Coonalpyn, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling:	Snowtown Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonalpyn Honour Roll, Coonalpyn Soldiers Memorial Park Gates, Coonalpyn War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

25 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4314, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4314, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4314, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 4314, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4314 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Son of Jeremiah Cronin and Catherine (Kate) Cronin nee Considine of Coonalpyn, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal