Laurence Vincent CRONIN

CRONIN, Laurence Vincent

Service Number: NX29076
Enlisted: 6 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia, 22 February 1908
Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Jivevaneng, New Guinea, 3 November 1943, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Cemetery/memorial reference: AA. B. 6., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX29076
6 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, NX29076
6 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX29076, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941: Involvement Private, NX29076, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
23 Oct 1942: Involvement Private, NX29076, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
3 Nov 1943: Involvement Private, NX29076, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Inf Bn Veteran of Tobruk & Alamein campaigns before KIA at Jivevaneng, New Guinea.