Joseph CROWLEY

CROWLEY, Joseph

Service Number: 6626
Enlisted: 24 June 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kalgoorlie area, WA, 1896
Home Town: Koyuga, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Vic., 19 January 1950
Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
Memorials: Echuca War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6626, 7th Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 6626, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 6626, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Born in the Kalgoorlie area in 1896 to an Aboriginal woman and a non-Aboriginal man. He was raised and educated by a Victorian born mining engineer named Cornelius Crowley and his wife, Bridget Agnes.