Glenwylln (Glyn) CHRISP

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Service Number:	500
Enlisted:	12 July 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Boot Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 60
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moonee Ponds North Suburban Cycling Club Honour Roll

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 500, Depot Battalion
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 500, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 500, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 500, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Enlistment date 12 July 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria.

Next of kin-Father, Frank Sitwell Chrisp, Unley Grove, Ascot Vale, Victoria.

He was 25.

His mother was the late Elizabeth Chrisp

Age at embarkation-24.

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915. Disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Originally buried at Eaton Hall Cemetery by Reverend George Cranston, 20 July 1916.