CRUMP, William Robert
| 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 |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 139, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB p. 166 notes promoted to Farrier on 4 Mar 1901. Recorded as Shoeing-Smith on AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 139, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Shoeing-Smith, 139, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
William Robert Crump
William was born in Maryborough, Queensland and served in the Boer War with the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushman.
William married Annie Paterson Allison on the 13th of April, 1906 in Bombay, Auckland, New Zealand.
Submitted 23 May 2020 by scott wootten
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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