MUIR, Cromwell Coron
| Service Numbers: | 21306, T102722 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1918, Enlisted in Launceston, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Dental Details: AIF |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 17 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Died: | Injuries received in car accident, Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania, 23 July 1943, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Plot B, Row A, Grave 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 21306, Dental Details: AIF, Enlisted in Launceston, Tasmania | |
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| 16 Oct 1918: | Involvement 21306, Dental Details: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Malta embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1918: | Embarked 21306, Dental Details: AIF, SS Malta, Sydney | |
| 24 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 21306, Dental Details: AIF, Discharged due to demobilisation - Returned to Australia from Kantara on ship Delta 9th May, 1919 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement T102722 | |
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| 28 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), T102722, Dental Details: AIF, Enlisted in Brighton, Tasmania - Rank Sergeant A.C.M.F. 78 Dental Unit Australian Citizens Military Force |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cromwell Coron MUIR was born on 17th July, 1898 in Auckland, New Zealand to Robert Coran MUIR and Adele Clara PLUMMER who had married on 17th September 1887 in Tasmania where his Mother was born - his father Robert was from Scotland & died in NZ in 1899 the year after Cromwell was born - his Mother Adele died in 1949 in Deloraine, Tasmania
He first enlisted for WW1 in 1918 in Launceston & embarked from Sydney on the ship Malta on 16th October 1918 - he was discharged on 24th September 1919 due to demobilisation - he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal in WW1
His brother George Washington MUIR also served in WW1 (SN1030) & returned to Australia in 1919
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In 1929 he married Ena Grace BUTTON in Tasmania - she died in 1998. They had two children Graham & Mary
Cromwell enlisted again for WW2 from Brighton in Tasmania on 28th April, 1943 - he was with the Australian Citizens Military Force in the Army Dental Corp, 78 Dental Unit
On his birthday on 17th July, 1943 he was involved in a serious motor car accident when he collided with a tram. He died on 23rd July, 1943 in Launceston General Hospital from his injuries and is buried in Carr Villa Cemetery in Launceston - his name is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and the Launceston Roll of Honour
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