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CROWLE, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1736 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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