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CROWLEY, Edward Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7304 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 April 1917, Place of enlistment - Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Melbourne Victoria, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Rokewood, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed By Booby-Trap On Lens-La Bassee Road, France, 4 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row A, Grave 12, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rokewood Soldiers Honour Board, Rokewood War Memorial, Shelford Shire of Leigh Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7304, Place of enlistment - Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 14 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Tunnelling Companies | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 7304, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A32' Themistocles from Melbourne on 4th August 1917 disembarked Glasgow, Scotland on 2nd October 1917. | |
| 22 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 7304, Tunnelling Companies, Proceeded to France from Southampton | |
| 18 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 4 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 7304, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7304 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-10-04 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
7304 Sapper Edward Joseph Crowley was killed by a booby trap on the Lens-La Bassee Road in northern France.
Also wounded in the incident were 5848 Sapper J Thompson, 4545 Sapper CO Jones, 1202 Sapper CA Williams, 6837 RC Pritchard and 1183 D Tuohey. All of these men recovered and returned to Australia.