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Private Edward Theodore “Teddy” Cronau

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Private Edward Theodore “Teddy” Cronau

Birth
Fernvale, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia
Death
1 Apr 1900 (aged 25)
Bloemfontein, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State, South Africa
Burial
Bloemfontein, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State, South Africa Add to Map
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108 Private Edward Cronau (not Cronan as on the cemetery memorial), 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Son of Johannes Jost Cronau and Anna Elizabeth Banff (Prussian emigrants from Ernsthausen in the German state of Hessen-Nassau). Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. He died of enteric fever (typhoid) in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 1 April 1900 aged 25 years. He is also commemorated on the Queensland Boer War memorial in Anzac Square, Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2756) and on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour in Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/1797).

Surname recorded as Cronau on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and on the Australian Virtual War Memorial. Recorded as Cronan on the cemetery memorial, on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll and on In Memoriam by S Watt.

Date of death recorded as 1 Apr 1900 on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll. Recorded as 2 Apr 1900 on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and on the Australian Virtual War Memorial.

He is listed on the cemetery memorial under 2nd Mounted Infantry.

Edward's parents, Ann (Annie) Elizabeth Banff & Johann (John) Jost Cronau, aged 22 and 25, had sailed to Australia on the Beausite with their infant child, Mary, arriving in 1863.
108 Private Edward Cronau (not Cronan as on the cemetery memorial), 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Son of Johannes Jost Cronau and Anna Elizabeth Banff (Prussian emigrants from Ernsthausen in the German state of Hessen-Nassau). Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. He died of enteric fever (typhoid) in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 1 April 1900 aged 25 years. He is also commemorated on the Queensland Boer War memorial in Anzac Square, Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2756) and on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour in Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/1797).

Surname recorded as Cronau on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and on the Australian Virtual War Memorial. Recorded as Cronan on the cemetery memorial, on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll and on In Memoriam by S Watt.

Date of death recorded as 1 Apr 1900 on the South African Field Force Casualty Roll. Recorded as 2 Apr 1900 on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and on the Australian Virtual War Memorial.

He is listed on the cemetery memorial under 2nd Mounted Infantry.

Edward's parents, Ann (Annie) Elizabeth Banff & Johann (John) Jost Cronau, aged 22 and 25, had sailed to Australia on the Beausite with their infant child, Mary, arriving in 1863.

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  • Created by: Peter H
  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241787568/edward_theodore-cronau: accessed ), memorial page for Private Edward Theodore “Teddy” Cronau (28 Feb 1875–1 Apr 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 241787568, citing President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State, South Africa; Maintained by Peter H (contributor 47423563).