Sapper Hugh MCCRACKEN 26510
Engineers
Died 25 November 1921
NZEF
Aged 39*
At Rest
[16th Reinforcement]
Cemetery database states he died at the 'Mental Hospital' [probably Sunnyside]
His Cenotaph database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/32461.detail?O...
Mentioned in article 'sick and wounded' but not severe case:
Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 23, 26 January 1918, Page 9
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
His military records are available but with restrictions:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=10923219
Listed as one of those from NZEF that died after discharge from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service [Dates are from 01 SEPTEMBER 1921 (End of Commonwealth War Graves Commission) to 31 DECEMBER 1923 (End of NZ Roll of Honour)and are taken from Section Two of the NZ Roll of Honour book]:
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/nzef1921...
*Note cemetery database states 38
Sapper Hugh MCCRACKEN 26510
Engineers
Died 25 November 1921
NZEF
Aged 39*
At Rest
[16th Reinforcement]
Cemetery database states he died at the 'Mental Hospital' [probably Sunnyside]
His Cenotaph database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/32461.detail?O...
Mentioned in article 'sick and wounded' but not severe case:
Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 23, 26 January 1918, Page 9
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
His military records are available but with restrictions:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=10923219
Listed as one of those from NZEF that died after discharge from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service [Dates are from 01 SEPTEMBER 1921 (End of Commonwealth War Graves Commission) to 31 DECEMBER 1923 (End of NZ Roll of Honour)and are taken from Section Two of the NZ Roll of Honour book]:
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/nzef1921...
*Note cemetery database states 38