Theo Albert Cramp [5664] ¹

   Cause of his death was Killed by chest or shoulder wounds from a shell on Messines front while covering a wiring party that was in the act of withdrawing. Died next morning..⁴

   FamilySearch ID: L611-MHJ.

  Medical Notes:

Says his age was 23 years and 4 months, which does not add up.

  Death Notes:

WWI wounded at about 8 or 10 PM. Taken unconscious on a stretcher to the dressing station. Died the next morning of his wounds.

  Burial Notes:

29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium

Initially buried by corporal C Emery (827) the battalion headquarters

  Noted events in his life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1894, Grafton District, New South Wales. ² 14477/1894
CRAMP, THEO A
JAMES S
RACHEL
GRAFTON

• Military Service: 12th Infantry, Bef 1916. ⁵

• School: casino superior public school: Casino, Rous County, New South Wales, Australia.

• Occupation: Plumber, Bef 1918, Casino, Rous County, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Occupation: Lance Corporal 9th Bn. Australian Infantry A.I.F, Between 1916 Jan 26 and 1918 Jan 9, Europe. ⁵

• Newspaper: FOR THEIR COUNTRY, 1918 Feb 5, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁶ FOR THEIR COUNTRY. (1918, February 5). Evening News(Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), p. 8. Retrieved May 28, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113951549>

Mr. James Cramp, of Casino, has received
official Information that his son. Lance-Corporal
Theo. Albert Cramp, was killed in action on
January 9. The deceased soldier enlisted in
June, 1916, and had taken part in many battles
on the western front.

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1919 Jan 10, Casino District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁷ Family Notices. (1919, January 10). The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser (NSW : 1904 - 1929), p. 4. Retrieved May 21, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120243369>


ROLL OF HONOR.
CEAMP. '97 In loving remembrance of our'
dear son and brother, CORPORAL THEO.
ALBERT CRAMP, killed in action January
9th, 1918; aged 22 years and 5 months.
If I could have clasped his dying hand
And heard his last farewell
It would not have been so hard to part
With the one I loved so well.
I often picture my dear one returning,
And 1 long to clasp his hand,
But death has postponed our meeting
Till we meet in a better land.
[Inserted by his loving parents, brothers,
and sisters.]

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1922 Jan 9, Casino District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁸ Family Notices. (1922, January 9). The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser (NSW : 1904 - 1929), p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122603249>

ROLL OF HONOR.
CRAMP. '97 In loving memory of our
dear son and brother, Lance-Corporal
T. A. Cramp, who was killed in action
on 9th January, 1918, aged 22.
He never shunned his country's call,
But gladly gave his life for all;
He died the helpless to defend,
A British soldier's noble end.
Inserted by his loving parents, sis-
ters and brothers.