CRESPIN  F.L.

Given Names:  Frederick Legassick

               

Service Number:  26791

Unit:  Divisional Ammunition Col 3, 3rd reinforcements                                                      

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  42 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Farmer                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Widowed

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  146 Lbs

Chest:  33-36½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/3/1916

Place:  Prahran

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Gidion George Crespin

Studley Park, Kew, Victoria                                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  7/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Medic    

Embarked:   29/8/1918   

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Field Artillery                                                                                                                 

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  16/11/1918                     

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  52533

Victory Medal:  51445

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1872

Place:  Collingwood, Victoria                    

Father:  Gidion George CRESPIN             

Mother:  Susan Jane LAMBLE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1894     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Ada Landy STOW

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 25/8/1946                          

Place: Caulfield, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Second marriage 1922; Maud Mary LEESON

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary