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Arnold Dickson Chrisp

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel C_011. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel C_011. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arnold Dickson AWMM
  • Surname
    Chrisp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    20140 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 December 1903 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - Military Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of Captain Arthur Dawson Chrisp and Emma Margaret Chrisp of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - Military Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 126 Harris Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Josephine Elizabeth Chrisp (wife), 126 Harris Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • Husband of Josephine Elizabeth Chrisp, of Raumati Beach, Wellington Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - Military Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    20140 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Captain Arthur Dawson Chrisp and Emma Margaret Chrisp, of Gisborne; husband of Josephine Elizabeth Chrisp, of Raumati Beach, Wellington. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Wounded, then lost in HMS Chakdina during evacuation from Tobruk Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/arnold-dickson-chrisp
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Gunner Arnold Dickson Chrisp, previously reported wounded and now reported missing, is the only son of the late Captain A. D. Chrisp. He was employed by the Shell Company of New Zealand, Limited, and enlisted in the early stages of the war. His wife and daughter live in Gisborne. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/arnold-dickson-chrisp
  • Memorial name
    Alamein Memorial in Egypt Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/arnold-dickson-chrisp
  • Memorial reference
    Column 100. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/arnold-dickson-chrisp

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2217396
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 36 AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM

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05 May 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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