Michael Joseph Cronin (1923 - 1946)

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Biography

Michael Joseph Cronin (1923-1946)

Birth
Michael Joseph Cronin was born 31 January 1923 at Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia. He was the son of Cornelius Cronin and Ellen Wallace. ^[1]

Military Service

Michael Joseph Cronin enlisted on 09 May 1944 and served with the Australian Army during World War II. He was discharged from duty 20 November 1945> ^[2]

World War Two Service ^[3]

Veteran Details

Name CRONIN, MICHAEL JOSEPH

Service Australian Army

Service Number QX61051 (Q121610)

Date of Birth 31 Jan 1923

Place of Birth STANTHORPE, QLD

Date of Enlistment 09 May 1944

Locality on Enlistment SHORNCLIFFE, QLD

Place of Enlistment PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Next of Kin CRONIN, E

Date of Discharge 20 Nov 1945

Rank Private

Posting at Discharge 24 A M E UNIT

Prisoner of War No

Honours None for display

Death
Michael Joseph Cronin age 23, passed away 08 May 1946 between Nudgee & Sandgate railway stations, Queensland, Australia. ^[4]

Burial
Michael Joseph Cronin is buried at Nudgee Cemetery, Nudgee, Queensland, Australia. ^[5]

Funeral Notice

"Family Notices" The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) 9 May 1946: page 3

CRONIN, Mr Michael Joseph, Barton St., Sandgate (late 2nd A.I.F., also Queensland Police). — The Relatives & Friends of Mrs Ellen Cronin, senior, & family, are respectfully advised of the death of their beloved Son, Brother, Brother-in-law.

The Funeral is arranged to leave the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Sandgate, on Saturday, at 10 o'clock, for Nudgee Cemetery. Mass at 7 a.m.<i> ^[6]

Newspaper Report of Death

Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Thursday 9 May 1946, page 6

<i>Sandgate Train Kills Constable

Run down by a train when he went back to look for Iris lost cap a mile on the Sandgate side of the Nudgee railway station, at 8 o'clock last night. Constable M. Cronin, 23, of Roma Street Police Station, was killed instantly.

Constable Cronin was sworn into the force on March 18. He was quartered at the Petrie Terrace police barracks and had had leave yesterday to visit his mother at Sandgate. He was to have commenced night duty at Roma Street at 10 o'clock. When the train was approaching Nudgee, Constable Cronin leaned out of a window and lost his cap. He left the train at Nudgee and told the station mistress there that he was going to look for his cap. The station mistress became worried when he did not return after another train had passed through. She rang the police and o search was made along the line towards Sandgate. Constable Cronin's body was found beside the line about a mile on the Sandgate side of the station. It is believed that he failed to notice the approach of the second train travelling towards the city and was run down.

Constable Cronin enlisted with the A.M.F. on January 23, 1942, transferred to the A.I.F. on May 9. 1944, and on November 20 last year obtained release front the Army to join the police. He entered Petrie Terrace barracks on December 10 last year and was sworn-in on March 18. He served in New Guinea with a malarial control unit. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: QLD Government Family History BDM: /1923
2. ↑ World War II Service: National Archives Australia - Name SearchCRONIN MICHAEL JOSEPH : Service Number - QX61051 : Date of birth - 31 Jan 1923 : Place of birth - STANTHORPE QLD : Place of enlistment - PORT MORESBY PAPUA NEW GUINEA : Next of Kin - CRONIN E
3. ↑ DVA's Nominal Roll
4. ↑ Death registration: Michael Cronin | Death date: 08/05/1946 | Mother's name: Ellen Wallace |Father/parent's name: Cornelius | Registration details: 1946/B/6360 | Reg. Queensland, Australia
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #183374763 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183374763/michael-joseph-cronin : accessed 26 September 2021), memorial page for Michael Joseph Cronin (31 Jan 1923–8 May 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183374763, citing Nudgee Cemetery, Nudgee, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by F.P.McLoughlin (contributor 48316713) .
6. ↑ Family Notices (1946, May 9). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 3 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved September 26, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201322653
7. ↑ Sandgate Train Kills Constable (1946, May 9). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 6 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved September 24, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201322547