CRISP, Elwyn Derek
| Service Number: | 267519 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14 June 1901 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Pilot |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1942, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Presbyterian Plot, Section HH1, Grave 64 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Feb 1942: | Involvement 267519, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) | |
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| 13 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 267519, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) | |
| 14 Feb 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 267519, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) - Flight Lieutenant Crisp 267519 (Macquarie Park Cemetery) & Flying Officer Bernard 268702 (Newcastle (Sandgate) General Cemetery) were killed when Carpenter Airlines Lockheed plane Carmenia crashed near Cairns
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Elwyn Derek CRISP was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 14th June 1901
His parents were Ernest Thomas CRISP & Amy Kezia DAVIS who married on 5th December, 1894 in the Memorial Congregational Church in Hobart
He married Betty Stewart TYERMAN in St Stephens Church in Sydney on 3rd August, 1938
Elwyn was killed in an aircraft crash the day after he enlisted in the RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) not long after takeoff from Cairns on his way to New Guinea
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His brother Albert Lauriston CRISP served during WW1 (SN 39105) and returned to Australia in 1919
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