Cyril Archur CRISP

Regimental number12/3921
Date of birth26 December 1895
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway cadet
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 10"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinFather, A B Crisp, Te Kuiti
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Senior Cadets.
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Tofua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives 5 March 1916 as the date of embarkation; harbour records indicate 5 March 1916 as the actual date of departure.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 February 1918
Discharge date15 April 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, England

Disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.

Reverted to the ranks, 14 April 1916; appointed Temporary Corporal, 14 April 1916; promoted Corporal, 14 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 8 May 1916; discharged to duty, 11 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 30 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 June 1916.

Admitted to General Hospital, Tidworth, 23 July 1916 (suspect case); discharged on furlough, 27 December 1916.

Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 10 January 1917 (several operations on ear: injury caused by horse kick to the head); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 25 July 1917. Taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 27 July 1917; on leave until 11 August 1917.

Classified 'Unfit' and placed on NZ Roll, 29 October 1917.

Marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 3 December 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Willochra', 1 February 1918; discharged (no longer physically for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service: middle ear disease), 15 April 1918.

Total war service: 2 years 185 days (of which 2 years 15 days were abroad)

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 7
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805