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CROWLEY, Henry

Service Number:	1104
Enlisted:	22 January 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1873
Home Town:	Branxton, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 44 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Branxton Memorial Rotunda, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

22 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1104, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1104, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1104, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
17 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 34th Battalion to the 19th Battalion
3 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 1104, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1104 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next to kin given as his sister Letitia Crowley of Mosman, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal