CRISFORD, Reginald Wilfred Edgar
| Service Number: | 9389 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, National Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Gordon, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Shore Church of England Grammar (Shore) School, North Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Sp Memorial B 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9389, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , National Park, NSW | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 9389, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 9389, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward and Alice CRISFORD, 104 Glover Street, Mosman, New South Wales
THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
Gunner W. R. E. Crisford. was killed in action in France on April 23 last. Gunner Crisford left Australia in Novermber, 1915 and after spending a few months in Egypt went on to France where he has been in action since April 1916. He was 24 years of age, was an old Church of England Grammar School boy, and at the time he enlisted was on the staff of the Perpetual Trustee Company, Limited. He was a keen tennis player, and a member of the Kuring-gai Club, Neutral Bay.
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