Francis Peter CROW

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CROW, Francis Peter

Service Number:	22253
Enlisted:	9 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 December 1897
Home Town:	Riddell, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Trinity Grammar, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Scarlet fever, Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, United Kingdom, 28 December 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Stratford-Sub-Castle (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Grave 104 Headstone inscription reads: A loved son brother greater love hath no man than this, St Lawrence Churchyard, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Riddell District Honor Roll Board, Riddells Creek Riddell District Honour Roll Plaque, Romsey Soldiers Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

9 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 22253, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne
20 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 22253, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 22253, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
28 Dec 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 22253, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 22253 awm_unit: 23rd Howitzer Brigade Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-12-28

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Francis and Margaret Hill Crow of 'Torwood', Riddell, Victoria

Medal: British War Medal

Also served in the Senior Cadets for three and a half years

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland

Died on this date – 28th December..... Gunner Francis Peter Crow was born at East Melbourne, Victoria on 28th December, 1897. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 24th January, 1916 as an 18 year old Labourer from Riddell, Victoria.

Gunner Francis Peter Crow embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Medic (A7) on 20th May, 1916 with the 23rd Howitzer Brigade, 109th Battery, Australian Field Artillery & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 18th July, 1916.

[Note: there is no record in the Service Record file of Gunner Francis Peter Crow as to where he was posted in regards to his training while in England.]

Gunner Francis Peter Crow died at 3.30 pm on 28th December, 1916 at Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire from Scarlet Fever. (“His 19th Birthday” – as listed on the Roll of Honour by his father James Francis Crow.) He was buried in St Lawrence’s Churchyard, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, England where 25 other Australian WW1 War Graves are located.

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