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Henry Arthur CRIBB (1913 - 1942)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Henry Arthur CRIBB (1913 - 1942) Frederick James CRIBB (1877 - 1923) Thomas CRIBB (1841 - 1910)



Hannah Bygrove ATKINSON (1837 - 1920)



Mary Ellen MCNAMARA (1882 - 1960) James MCNAMARA (1851 - 1900) John MCNAMARA
Mary Ann CONWAY
Mary Ann GAMBELL (1863 - 1929) Edward GAMBELL (1837 - 1904)
Mary Jane EDGERTON (1842 - 1906)
b. 1913 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
d. 17 Jul 1942 at Egypt aged 29
Near Relatives of Henry Arthur CRIBB (1913 - 1942)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas CRIBB 1841 1910 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 69
Grandmother Hannah Bygrove ATKINSON 1837 1920 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 83
Grandfather James MCNAMARA 1851 Michelago, New South Wales, Australia 06 Feb 1900 Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia 49
Grandmother Mary Ann GAMBELL 1863 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11 Dec 1929 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 66

Father Frederick James CRIBB 1877 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 10 Dec 1923 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 46
Mother Mary Ellen MCNAMARA 1882 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1960 78

Self Henry Arthur CRIBB 1913 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 17 Jul 1942 Egypt 29

Brother Thomas James CRIBB 1901 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 64
Brother Frederick Alfred CRIBB 1902 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1966 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 64
Sister Florence E CRIBB 1904 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1925 21
Sister Nellie M CRIBB 1904 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1975 New South Wales, Australia 71
Brother Walter C CRIBB 1910 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Brother John Francis CRIBB 1919 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1990 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 71

Aunt Amelia CRIBB
Aunt Louisa Bygrove CRIBB 1860 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jun 1930 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 70
Uncle Jacob BALLARD 1860 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 1945 85
Uncle Alfred E M CRIBB 1862 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1943 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 81
Uncle Robert Charles CRIBB 1864 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1948 New South Wales, Australia 84
Uncle John James CRIBB 1866 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1937 71
Aunt Ruby Agnes HICKEY
Aunt Annie Vine CRIBB 1870 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 26 Aug 1942 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 72
Uncle Alfred FAINT 1864 15 Jun 1899 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 35
Uncle Leslie Vernon BROWN 1883 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 82
Uncle William Jonathan CRIBB 1872 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1944 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 72
Aunt Rebecca PIPER 1879 1955 76
Uncle Edward Ernest CRIBB 1874 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1954 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 80
Uncle John Joseph MCNAMARA 1884 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle James T MCNAMARA 1886 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Barbara J E MCNAMARA 1887 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle William David G MCNAMARA 1889 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Caroline Bridget Victoria MCNAMARA 1891 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 20 Sep 1979 Woden, ACT, Australia 88
Uncle James Compton BRADLEY 15 Feb 1885 Grahamstown, New South Wales, Australia 02 Aug 1963 Woden, ACT, Australia 78
Uncle Henry Harold E MCNAMARA 1892 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle Francis G MCNAMARA 1894 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Henrietta MCNAMARA 1895 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle Roland Charles Conway MCNAMARA 1898 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Lucy MCNAMARA 1899 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Cousin Phyllis DODD
Cousin Henry James BRADLEY 1910 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Gladys Jean BRADLEY 1912 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 25 Apr 1999 Red Hill, New South Wales, Australia 87
Cousin Lucy Vera BRADLEY 1914 Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Ila A BRADLEY 1916 Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia 1916 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin John Russell BRADLEY 1920 Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law Alice May WEISS 1894 1951 57
Sister in Law Flora Henderson WHITE 1899 1964 65
Brother in Law Horrace Rainford HARRIS 1899 1968 69
Brother in Law Walter CALLAN 1907 1959 52
Sister in Law Mary Kathleen HIBBENS 1928 2018 90
Events in Henry Arthur CRIBB (1913 - 1942)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1913 Henry Arthur CRIBB was born Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
10 Dec 1923 10 Death of father Frederick James CRIBB (aged 46) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 63
17 Jul 1942 29 Henry Arthur CRIBB died Egypt
Personal Notes:
ROLL OF HONOUR
Henry Arthur Cribb
Service number NX38215
Rank Gunner
Unit 4 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment RAA
Service Australian Army
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death 17 July 1942
Place of Death Egypt
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Cemetery or Memorial Details El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Source AWM147 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Force)

The Tumut and Adelong Times 27 Jul 1943
DEATH OF A TUMUT SOLDIER A Tribute to the Late Gunner Harry Cribb Mrs. W. J. Auckland, of Lacmalac, has received the following letter from Gnr. Arthur Rees, which gives details of her son, Gunner Harry Cribb (A.I.F.), who died of wounds in Egypt on July 17, 1942, and which offers tribute to the memory of one who died a "soldier and a man":— "DEAR MRS. AUCKLAND,— This is the hardest letter I have ever written in my life and, perhaps to you, one of the strangest. You see, Mrs. Auckland, I was with Harry, your son, when he was wounded and I thought you would like to hear the true facts about it all. I have been trying to trace the address of Harry's next-of-kin for some time, otherwise I would have written long before this. I was a member of the same gun crew as Harry, and I might add that he was the most popular member of the crew. His quiet, unassuming manner and ready wit won him a spot in all our hearts. Harry was a first-class gunner, and although he had never fired the gun before, he had a twin-engined German bomber to his credit the second day in action. I am not boasting when I say that is quite a feat for a light A/A gun. We all felt very proud, as ours was the first gun of 10th battery to bring a 'plane down. Life in the desert is very hard, Mrs. Auckland. Thousands of pestering flies, poor food, and all the time heat and sand, with a glare enough to blind one. Harry never complained, always taking the good with the bad and always giving out that wonderful smile of his to help cheer we moaners. It was the 17th July and we were all sitting around the gun talking. Without warning, a shell got a direct hit on our gun-pit. Harry got the worst of it and I think everyone was either too shocked or wounded to realise for a moment what had happened. My first thoughts were for Harry. All the others had managed to crawl out of the pit. I find it so hard to write about, Mrs. Auckland, so please for give me if I sound brutal or reopen your wound. Somehow I reached Harry and managed to stop the bleeding, for he had lost his left leg below the knee and practically all the right foot. It almost tore my heart out to see him lying there, still conscious, with that swell smile on his face. I dressed his wounds and I called to a nearby ambulance to bring the doctor with morphia. As long as I live never will I forget the bravery of your son. He was one in a million— never turned a hair, although his pain and the knowledge that he'd lost his legs must have been breaking his heart. Not once did he stop smiling, and as I dressed his wounds he looked up and said, "Think of all the money I'll save on boots and shoes now !' and 'You've got to admit Jerry is a pretty good shot !' His fortitude and unbroken spirit at such a time is quite beyond my comprehension. I did not think it possible for any person to be so seriously wounded and still smile as Harry did. When I lifted him into the ambulance the smile was still on his face, and as the ambulance drove off he looked, back, waved, smiled, and said, "I'll be all right, old son !' to me. That is the last goodbye I said to Harry, and I honestly thought he would pull through ; but I believe the reactionary shock was too much for his weakened condition. Deep in my heart I was happy to know Harry had passed to a much happier world. Glad to know that he was safe and at rest from all this horror. Harry would have hated life without his legs and I feel sure you would have felt it just as badly. God doesn't create better men than your son, Mrs. Auckland, for Harry was pure gold. His brave, wonderful, and smiling spirit is something I can never forget, either in this world or the next. My very deep and sincere sympathy is so little to offer for the great loss you have sustained, and I can only ask our Creator to give you some comfort in the knowledge that your son lived and died a soldier, and a man. Please forgive me if I have hurt you in writing this letter, but I could not rest until you knew how wonderfully brave Harry was and to tell you he will live on forever, enshrined in the hearts of we gunners who were privileged to know him and call him 'Cobber'.''
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = Adelong and Tumut Express 14 Dec 1923 (Name, Notes)
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