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CRUMP, William Robert
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| Service Number: | 139 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Salt Water Creek, 2 October 1880 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died when cancer of the lip spread to his throat, Paerata, Auckland, New Zealand , 24 July 1929, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pukekohe Public Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Plot: Wesleyan Area, Row C, Plot 033 |
| Memorials: | Maryborough Boer War Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
William Robert Crump was born on 2 Oct 1880 at Maryborough, Queensland, a son to William Cramp and Mirinda Crump (nee Whayman). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. M. Crump, Maryborough.
After returning from the South African (Boer) War he emigrated to New Zealand around 1903 where he undertook farming operations and a blacksmith business. He married Annie Patterson Allison in 1906 in New Zealand and they had 5 children.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB p. 166; Obituary, Franklin Times NZ, 26 Jul 1929, p. 4).
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