Harold CROWTHER

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Service Number:	327
Enlisted:	9 August 1914, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England , 1892
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bill poster
Died:	Died of wounds - legs, arms and face, Tigne Military Hospital, Malta, 28 August 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row X11, Grave 4 Chaplain H.T. Wheeler officiated,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 327, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 327, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 327, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Krithia
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 8th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Lone Pine
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 327, Multiple bomb wounds to both arms legs and face. Invalided to Malta

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At the time of enlistment he was residing in Fincham Street, Ballarat, Vic

Son of Alfred Crowther of Stratham, Vic

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal