CROWE, William Lauder
| Service Numbers: | 1300, 1456 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland, October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Rainbow, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Public School, Dunning, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia/influenza, War Hospital, Perth, Scotland, 6 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Dunning (St. Serf) Parish Churchyard Personal Inscription HIS SHALL BE THE CROWN OF LIFE THY WAYS O LORD ARE WONDERFUL Buried in D. Crowe's ground - Area E, St Serf Parish Churchyard, Dunning, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rainbow War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1300, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1456, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1456, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Jul 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1300, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1300 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-06 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 6th July…… William Lauder Crowe was born at Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland in 1893.
According to information supplied by his sister, Helen Smith Crowe, for the Roll of Honour - William Lauder Crowe came to Australia when he was 19 years old. A “Wm. Crowe”, Grocer’s Assistant, aged 19, was a passenger on Irishman which departed from Liverpool, England on 20 March, 1913, destined for the port of Melbourne, Australia.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 5th January, 1915 as a 21 year old, single, Station Hand from Douglas, Wheatland, Rainbow, Victoria.
Private William Lauder Crow, embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Clan McGillivray (A46) on 2nd February, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements.
On 29th August, 1915 he was taken to Field Ambulance at Anzac then admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station on 30th August, 1915 – Febrile (Showing symptoms of a fever). Private Crowe was transferred to Mudros & admitted to No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital at Lemnos on 1st September, 1915 with Diarrhoea. He was transferred to Convalescent Depot on 9th September, 1915. Private Crowe rejoined his Unit on 24th September, 1915 from Lemnos.
He was transferred to 2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters as Transport Driver on 29th February, 1916 at Serapeum. His regimental/service number was changed to 1300. He rejoined his Battalion at Serepeum on 14th March, 1916.
Private Crowe embarked from Alexandria to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) on 25th March, 1916 on Troop Ship Empress of Britain & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 30th March, 1916.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 19th April, 1916 with “C” Company, 5th Battalion.
Lance Corporal William Crowe was still with his Unit on 6th January, 1917.
On 23rd August, 1917 he was admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance with a sprained ankle then transferred to 1st A.D.R.S. (Rest Station). Lance Corporal William Crowe rejoined his Unit in France on 28th August, 1917.
He was on furlough to UK from 2nd February, 1918 & rejoined his Unit from Furlough on 19th February, 1918.
Lance Corporal Crowe was injured on 17th May, 1918. He was taken to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance then transferred to 15th Casualty Clearing Station with abrasions to shoulder & cut head. L/Cpl Crowe was transferred to 13th General Hospital at Boulogne on 17th May, 1918. He was invalided to UK with abrasions to scalp on 21st May, 1918 on Hospital Ship Pieter de Conick.
He was admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital at Bristol, England on 22nd May, 1918 with wounds to scalp & right shoulder due to an accident. The Hospital Admissions form states “Fall from Waggon. X. Ray shows fracture of Great Tuberosity of Humerus.”
On 14th June, 1918 Lance Corporal Crowe was transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford. He was discharged for furlo from 20th June, 1918 & was to report to No. 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, Wiltshire, England.
He was admitted to Perth War Hospital, Scotland on 3rd July, 1918 with Influenza while on leave.
Lance Corporal William Lauder Crowe died at 11.30 am on 6th July, 1918 at War Hospital, Perth, Scotland from Pneumonia.
He was buried privately at 1.30 pm on 10th July, 1918 in St. Serf’s Parish Churchyard, Dunning, Scotland with his deceased father and mother in a private family grave. His death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A letter was sent from the Office of the Curator of Estates of Deceased Persons, Melbourne on 24th June, 1919 to Base Records which reads:
“Re: No. 1300 L/Cpl. W. L. Crowe, 2nd I.B. Hdqrs. dec’d.
In the particulars furnished to me by the above-named deceased soldier’s sister, Miss Helen S. Crowe, who is sole beneficiary under his will, she states that he had two sets of Bagpipes. One of these was left in France, and one “at the Base, Gallipoli, and I shall be glad to learn whether you have any record of any effects belonging to him having been received at your office.”
Base Records replied that no personal effects belong to the late Lance Corporal W. L. Crowe had been received at this office to date.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/dunning.html
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