KRONK, William Edward
| Service Number: | 54534 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Rifleman |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
| Born: | Strathfieldsaye, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 1878 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1962, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, Victoria Church of England Grave 5014 |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Rifleman, 54534, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
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Son of Adolph Carl Julius KRONK and Margarethe nee LATTMANN
Husband of Charlotte Bertha KRONK nee TEDDER
Brother of Oscar KRONK who also served in the NZEF in WWI
Enlisted D Coy. 2nd Battalion 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade 7 February 1917
Served in France and wounded in action in the field - Gunshot Wound to Right Shoulder on 26 March 1918 and embarked for UK three days later. Admitted to Military Hospital Southwark 05 April 1918 and then onto 1 New Zealand General Hospital. Classified as unfit by medical board 11 July 1918 and returned to New Zealand 22 June 1918 per 'Iconic'
Mr. and Mrs. A Kronk, of Kangaroo Flat, have been notified by the Defence department that their, son, Private W. E. Kronk, has been seriously wounded in the shoulder in France. He is a younger brother of Private O. Kronk, who was wounded in January, and is now convalescent in hospital in England.
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