Christopher Skeffington CRAWFORD

Regimental number6392
Date of birth10 February 1881
Place of birthRed Hill, Gympie, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressCorner of Russell and Merivale Streets, South Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 9"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinWife, Ms N M Crawford, corner of Russell and Merivale Streets, South Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name3rd Field Ambulance, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Ambulamce
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularSon of Irish parents, John Crawford (miner) and Fanny Weir (domestic servant/cook) who emigrated separately in 1864 and 1868 to the Gympie goldfields. Married Nellie Maud Pascoe on 7 June 1903 at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. They had five children; Robert, James, Thomas, Mabel and Christopher. The youngest being born on 8 December 1915 in Brisbane, the week after Christopher Crawford embarked for Egypt. He separated from his wife in 1924, and lived his remaining years as a recluse in a bush humpy in a squatters' settlement in the Brisbane suburb of Tarragindi.
FateReturned to Australia 7 April 1919
Discharge date19 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Tresos Montes', 7 April 1919; disembarked Brisbane, 27 May 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 19 July 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death--/10/1941 Rosemount Hospital, Brisbane
Place of burialMt. Thompson Crematorium. Ashes scattered
SourcesNAA: B2455, CRAWFORD Christopher Skeffington