Robert William Crawley

Forenames

Robert William AWMM

Surname

Crawley AWMM

Also known as

Rusty Bob AWMM

Service number

• 24 AWMM
• 5165 AWMM
• 61895 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

25 Mar 1876 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Brunswick, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs James Crawley (mother), Brunswick, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
• James Crawley (brother), Brunswick, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 24 AWMM
• 5165 AWMM
• 61895 AWMM

Military service

Alexandra Mounted Rifles for four as a volunteer AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa 21 Oct 1899 AWMM
  Age  24 AWMM
  Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM
  Age  41 AWMM
  Farm manager/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
• South Africa Vessel was Surrey AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent, North Island Regiment, B Squadron AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 23 Apr 1918-18 Jul 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 102 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM 37th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 8.25 inches AWMM

Last rank

WW1 3 Sept 1919 AWMM
No longer physically fit for war being deaf AWMM
Trooper AWMM
Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM

After the war Crawley returned to farming near Wanganui.

Serial numbers: 24 (1st Contingent); 5163 (8th Contingent); and WWI 61895

Father was named James Crawley. AWMM

Death

7 Dec 1957 AWMM

Cemetery

Aramoho Cemetery AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20519573
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20546247
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  81: 25
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.