CROWTHER, Arthur
| Service Number: | 732 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Horsham, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sutton Coldfield,Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Jung, Horsham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sutton Coldfield Council School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds [gun shot wound to the head], St Elmo’s Hospital, Malta, 2 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Grave D. II. 3. INSCRIPTION IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE , Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 732, Horsham, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 732, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 732, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 732, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1888 CROWTHER Arthur Aston 6d 417
Aston is in the county of Warwickshire; it covers Sutton Coldfield.
Arthur Crowther was born in Sutton Coldfield. He enlisted on 3 February 1915 at Jung, Victoria, Australia with the Australian Infantry 22nd Battalion – Private 732
He died from the effects of wounds on 2 November 1915 aged 27.
He is commemorated on the St Peter’s Church, Maney, Roll of Honour (non-parochial) and on the Sutton Coldfield War Memorial
Arthur Crowther was the son of Daniel Charles and Katherine Lovell Crowther of 56 Eastern Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield
He was educated at Town School, Sutton Coldfield. After school he went to work for Messrs Swain & Clayton, Jewellers and Enamellers, Warstone Lane in Birmingham and later for two years as a groom.
He emigrated to Australia about 1911 and was involved in agriculture at Jung, Victoria.
He was posted in Egypt in May 1915.
A chaplain writing to his brother stated that he was admitted to St Elmo’s Hospital in Malta on 2 November 1915 with a serious gun- shot wound to the head and although an operation was carried out he died without regaining consciousness from the time the injury was sustained.” (Sutton Coldfield News 27.11.1915)
1911 census “Hazledene”, Eastern Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield.
Daniel Charles Crowther M 69 Bricklayer b Cheltenham
Katherine Lovell Crowther M 59 Married 35 years, 8 children all alive b Sidmouth, Devon
Elizabeth Mary Crowther U 31 Dressmaker b Sutton Coldfield
Kate Goss Crowther U 28 Elementary school teacher b Sutton Coldfield
Bertram Cecil Crowther 17 Accountant’s clerk b Sutton Coldfield
1901 census “Mullion”, Holland Road, Sutton Coldfield
Catherine Lovell Crowther M 49 b Sidmouth
Stephen Charles Crowther U 22 Clerk b Sidmouth
Elizabeth Mary Crowther U 21 b Sutton Coldfield
Kate Goss Crowther U 18 School pupil teacher b Sutton Coldfield
Arthur Crowther 12 b Sutton Coldfield
Bertram Cecil Crowther 7 b Sutton Coldfield
In 1901, Daniel Charles Crowther was boarding at 14 Tayler Road Aston. He was working as a bricklayer.
Shipping manifest 2 March 1911 Ship ‘Geelong’, P & O Liner London to Melbourne, Australia
Arthur Crowther 22 Farmer single man travelling alone
1914 Electoral Roll for Wannon, Victoria, Australia
Arthur Crowther of Jung – labourer
Elizabeth Anne Crowther – home duties. Presumably his wife whom he married in Australia.
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