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Cyril Archur Crisp

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Archur AWMM
  • Surname
    Crisp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3921 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 December 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    A.B. Crisp (father), Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • England AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3921 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
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Railway cadet/Civilian 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      162 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: Egypt, England
    Disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.
    Reverted to the ranks, 14 April 1916; appointed Temporary Corporal, 14 April 1916; promoted Corporal, 14 April 1916.
    Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 8 May 1916; discharged to duty, 11 May 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria, 30 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 June 1916.
    Admitted to General Hospital, Tidworth, 23 July 1916 (suspect case); discharged on furlough, 27 December 1916.
    Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 10 January 1917 (several operations on ear: injury caused by horse kick to the head); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 25 July 1917. Taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 27 July 1917; on leave until 11 August 1917.
    Classified 'Unfit' and placed on NZ Roll, 29 October 1917.
    Marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 3 December 1917.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Willochra', 1 February 1918; discharged (no longer physically for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service: middle ear disease), 15 April 1918.
    Total war service: 2 years 185 days (of which 2 years 15 days were abroad)
    Medal: British War Medal AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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