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Edward James Croker

1892-1977

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1609

About

Born in England

3 November 1892
Parent

Father

C. Croker
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Battery-Hand

Employer

Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 84

5 May 1977

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 117/0030181, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 2.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Edward James Croker (1892-1977)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/172

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