CRUICKSHANK, Maynard Hayes
| Service Numbers: | Officer, V159786 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Poonah, India, 28 August 1880 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Law Clerk / Military Officer |
| Died: | Illness, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 23 February 1952, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Marks Anglican Cemetery, Pontville |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 17 Apr 1902: | Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, 33rd Infantry Battalion |
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World War 2 Service
| 27 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, V159786 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
WAR VETERAN
HOBART. A Boer War veteran, Lt.-Colonel Maynard Hayes Cruickshank, died at Hobart on Saturday. He was 71 years old. Colonel Cruickshank, who served in the Boer War and the First World War, was secretary of the Tasmanian Club. He was born at Poonah, India, but came to Australia as a young man. He served in the World War with a unit from New South Wales, and was a retired member of the Australian Staff Corps. Colonel Cruickshank is survived by a daughter (Mrs. D. J Jackson, Ulverstone) and a son (Mr. K. H. Cruickshank, Hobart). His funeral tomorrow will be conducted with full military honors. A service will be held at St. Paul's Church, Glenorchy.
Biography contributed
Maynard Hayes CRUICKSHANK was born in Poonah, India on 28th August, 1880
His parents were James Henry Robert CRUICKSHANK & Mary Emma WRIGHT
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His father James Henry Robert CRUICKSHANK was in the Royal Bombay Engineers and died in Hobart, Tasmania in 1916
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