Edward Arthur CRISP

CRISP, Edward Arthur

Service Number: SX6797
Enlisted: 25 June 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Born: Murray Bridge, South Australia, 6 February 1915
Home Town: Strathalbyn, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station gardener
Died: 6 December 2003, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Murray Bridge (Adelaide Road) Cemetery, S.A.
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World War 2 Service

25 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, SX6797, Adelaide, South Australia
25 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX6797, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
26 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, SX6797
30 Oct 1945: Discharged Corporal, SX6797, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
30 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX6797, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance

Service history

In 1940 Ted enlisted in the A.I.F. in the 2/8 Field Ambulance and after training in Australia was sent to the Middle East War Zone. Ted served at Tobruk, El Alamein and Syria and later saw service in New Guinea and Borneo. Because of his band experience, he became a member of the Unit Bagpipe and Bugle Band - the only one of it’s kind in the A.I.F.

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