Alfred Cranston - New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37715

About

Born in Ireland

15 April 1890

Parent

Father

Charles Cranston

Residence

Hometown

Auckland

Work

Occupation

Miner

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

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 112/0029681, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Alfred Cranston (1890-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 16 December 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/168