Benjamin Cronin Image

Name

Benjamin Cronin

Born

1892-04-02

Birth Place

Occupation

Farmer

Religion

Roman Catholic

Died

1964-05-20

Death Place







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

602609

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

Battalion

Enlisted

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1915-07-07


Service Record 2


Regimental Number

602609

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

Battalion

23rd Battalion

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1916-02-03


Service Record 3


Regimental Number

602609

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

Battalion

39th Battalion

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1916-03-21


Service Record 4


Regimental Number

602609

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

Battalion

1st Pioneer Battalion (9th Canadian Railroad Troops 1917-05-26)

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1916-10-05

Wounded Date

1917-07-14

Wounds

Gunshot wound, chest and right leg

Wounded Where

Ypres, France

Discharge Date

1919-11-08

Discharge Cause

Medically Unfit



Notes

He served in England, and France. His left foot was fractured when a bus ran over it on April 30, 1916.