Tasmanian War Casualties

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Crisp, Thomas James

KILLED IN ACTION

Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Crisp, of Burnie, were advised by the military authorities yesterday that their third son, Gunner Thomas James Crisp, was killed in action on July 22.

Educated at Riverview College, Sydney, the late Gunner Crisp, upon his return to Tasmania, joined the staff of the E.S. and A. Bank, being stationed at Ulverstone and in the South.

He enlisted from Hobart. A well-known tennis player, like his three brothers, he won the N.W. Coast boys' singles championship at the Burnie junior tournament, and was successful in many other events. He was in his 28^th year.

The other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Crisp are also members of the A.I.F. Major Peter Crisp is in England: Gunner Mark Crisp has been reported wounded and a prisoner of war in Java; and Lieut. Pat Crisp is serving somewhere in Australia, after having seen service overseas.

Tom Crisp wasn't buried immediately. In fact it was four months after his death. This is explained in a caption to another print of the photo. Ron Ware states "EARLY GRAVE OF A SIG FRIEND (TOM CRISP) TOM TOOK MY PLACE IN THE CARRIER ON F.O.O. WHEN I WENT OUT WOUNDED. HE WAS KILLED NEXT MORNING. WE BURIED WHAT WAS LEFT OF HIM 4 MONTHS LATER UNDER SHELL FIRE. I INSCRIBED THE CROSS WITH A PENCIL BRUSH AND INK."

2/8th Australian Field Regiment Association

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