CRISP, Edward Francis
| Service Number: | 2262 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Previous experience: Senior Cadets, Richmond and Yarrawonga, Victoria. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Yarrawonga, Victoria, July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yarrawonga State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, Montbrehain, 5 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 16, Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Roisel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarrawonga St. Cuthbert's Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2262, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Previous experience: Senior Cadets, Richmond and Yarrawonga, Victoria. | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2262, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2262, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 18 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Field Ambulance | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 2262, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2262 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-05 |
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Crisp, Edward (Ted) Francis. Service Number 2262.
Edward ‘Ted’ Crisp was born in Yarrawonga to Fred and Agnes Crisp and was an 18 year-old grocer living with his parents in Richmond when he enlisted on the 7th July 1915. He was allocated to the 4th reinforcements to the 23rd Battalion.
He embarked on the HMAT A20 Hororata on the 27th of September 1915 and he was taken on strength with the battalion in Tel-el-Kabir on the 11th of January 1916. The unit went to France on the 30th of March and ‘Ted’ transferred to the 6th Field Ambulance on the 15th May 1916 to be with his brother, Harold Crisp who had recently joined and was now in France with the 6th Field Ambulance. Ted became sick with fever, probably trench fever, in mid July and was hospitalized. He returned to his unit in Belgium at the end of August. He was able to serve until the 21st March 1917, when he again became sick. When he was well he served for some time at the 2nd Australian base depot, before he was deemed fit enough for active service and returned to the 6th Field Ambulance on the 11th November 1917. He was sick again in March and rejoined his unit in May 1918.
Ted was finally granted English leave on the 20th August 1918, and he became sick again at the end of his leave. This prevented him from rejoining his unit in France until the 21st of September 1918.
Ted and his brother were at Swiss cottage near, Ramicourt on the morning of the 5th October 1918 and while attending the wounded that were coming from Montbrehain, Ted was hit by shrapnel, which caused multiple fractures in both thighs, and he died of these wounds. It is not known if Harry was with him when this occurred. Ted would have at least heard about his death fairly soon after. Ted’s records state that he was buried were he fell. This does not seem to be the case, as his body was later recorded to be in the Hesbecourt Communal Cemetery, which is some distance east of Montbrehain. Harry and the 6th Field Ambulance may have taken Ted’s body there the next day, as records show that this was were the 6th Field Ambulance were billeted the next day
After the war the 35 Australian Soldiers, and the 25 English Soldiers buried in the Hesbecourt Cemetery were re-interred at nearby Roisel.
Ted’s death was reported in the Tungamah and Lake Rowan Express in Yarrawonga on the 17th of October.
The sad news has been received that Private Ted Crisp, second eldest son of A. and F. Crisp of Swan Street Richmond had died of wounds on the 5th of October. The message was received by private cable to Mr. Crisp from Lance Corporal H. Crisp. The late Private Crisp was nephew of Mr and Mrs A.M. Chappell, of Yarrawonga.
Private Edward Crisp lies in the Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension in plot III.g.16. His parents chose the epitaph for his headstone.
Beloved son
Of Fred and Agnes Crisp
Of Richmond Victoria
Australia.
The war years had been unkind to Fred and Agnes, as their daughter, who was 4 years old, had died in December 1914, and now they had lost a son.
When they finally placed a headstone on Ethel’s grave they also included an epitaph for their son on her headstone.
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