Thomas CROWLE

CROWLE, Thomas

Service Number: 1736
Enlisted: 21 May 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town: St. Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria
Schooling: St Arnaud State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 27 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 61,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

21 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 18th Infantry Battalion
19 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1736, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1736, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
27 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted and served under alias Thomas Murray 

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Thomas Crowle also served with the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles in the Boer War (Nominal Roll not located) in 1900 and was wounded and invalided to Australia in 1901.

His name also appears on the Boer War Memorial at St Arnaud, Vic.

Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p.31