CRONIN, Michael Parnel
| Service Number: | 1214 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Whitwarta, South Australia, australia, 4 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Yeelanna, Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 19 April 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cummins Memorial Pavers, Cummins War Memorial, Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1, Port Lincoln Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1214, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1214, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1214, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1214 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
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Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Tuesday 17 August 1915
FAREWELLS TO SOLDIERS.
SEND-OFF TO PRIVATES M. A. AND M. P. CRONIN.
YEELANNA, August 14.
A smoke social was tendered to Privates M. A. Cronin and M. P. Cronin in the Yeelanna Hotel on Friday night prior to their departure for the front. They have always taken a lively interest in all local sports, &c., and their act in offering their services to the Empire has been admired. Mr. T. A. Wilkins occupied the chair and proposed the health of the King. Mr. W. Watkins proposed the toast of "Our Guests." Others who also supported the toast included Messrs. Carey, Jones, Bache, Cooper, C. Carey, Habner, and Behinna. Privates M. A and M. P. Cronin, responded. Songs were rendered by Mr. B. Pharmer (2), E. Firrell. The singing of "Auld Lang Syne" terminated one of the pleasantest evenings ever held in Yeelanna.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105486197 (nla.gov.au)
Southern Cross (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1954) Friday 11 May 1917
THE LATE TROOPER M. P. CRONIN.
Mr. and Mrs. Cronin, of Cronleigh, Yeelanna, have been officially notified that their third son, Trooper Mick Cronin, was killed in action in Egypt on April 19. Prior to his enlistment he had been farming in Yeelanna for a number of years. He was wounded in January and had not long rejoined his regiment. Trooper Cronin sailed for Egypt on September 21, 1915, as a member of the 9th reinforcements to the 9th Light Horse. His brother, Trooper Myles Cronin, also sailed on the same date, and they had been together practically all the time. He was well known and highly respected by a large circle of friends, and the news of his death came as a great shock.—R.I.P.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166981991 (nla.gov.au)
Southern Cross (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1954) Friday 11 May 1917
KILLED IN ACTION.
CRONIN.—Killed in action In Egypt, on the 19th April, Trooper M. P. Cronin, third beloved son of J. and B. Cronin, Yeelanna, aged 26 years and 7 months. Eternal rest grant unto him, O, Lord. R.I.P.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166982005 (nla.gov.au)
Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 19 May 1917
THE LATE TROOPER M. P. CRONIN.
Mr. and Mrs. Cronin, of Yeelanna, have received information from Egypt that their third son, Trooper Michael P. Cronin, was killed in action on April 19. Trooper Cronin enlisted in July, 1915, embarked for Egypt on September 20 the same year as a member of reinforcements to the 9th Light Horse Regiment. His brother, Trooper Myles Cronin, also sailed at the same time, and they had been together practically all the time.
Trooper M. P. Cronin was wounded in January, and had not long rejoined his regiment when he was killed. Prior to his enlistment he had been farming at Yeelanna for a number of years.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87608969 (nla.gov.au)
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