Lance Corporal Alfred Joseph Kronlage 

 

12th Australian Air Maintenance Company 

 

 

Service Number:                   QX25642 

Place of Enlistment:             Brisbane 

Age of Enlistment:                37 Years 5 months 

Date of Enlistment:               6th of December 1941 

Embarked:                             Townsville, 18th of January 1944 

Transport Ship:                     SS Taroona 

Medals Awarded:                  1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal 

Place of Death:                      Killed In Action, Torricelli Mountains, Papua New Guinea, 3rd of May 1945 

Resting Place:                       Buried Lae War Cemetery NN. A. 7. 13, Papua New Guinea 

Unit Badge:                            Australian Army Service Corps 

 

Additional Information:  

Lance Corporal Kronlage was killed in an air crash, when the Dakota C3 aircraft that he was on (C47-CIG), struck a mountain while carrying out a supply drop. The cause of the crash is unknown.