CROWSEN, William John
| Service Number: | 400 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hartley Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 28 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1965, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-61. 40. |
| Memorials: | Merewether Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 400, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 400, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 400, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 27 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 400, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , 2nd MD, discharged medically unfit (influenza) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
60 years ago today, on the 30th August 1965, Driver William John Crowsen, 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-400), labourer from 54 Berner Street, Merewether, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 71. ANGLICAN 1-61. 40.
Never married.
Born at Hartley Vale, New South Wales on the 28th December 1893 to William Henry Clement, died 14.1.1921, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W., age 59, buried here, and Alice Crowsen, died 1.6.1952, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 87, 31 years a widow, mother of 6?, sleeping here, from 32 Berner Street, Merewether, New South Wales, William enlisted on the 18th July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 9th November 1915.
Disembarked Suez, Egypt 11.12.1915.
Taken on strength of the 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade 27.1.1917, France.
Wounded in action - 3.10.1918 (GSW left knee, slight).
Invalided to England 6.10.1918.
Admitted to hospital 13.11.1918 (influenza).
Commenced return to Australia 21.12.1918.
William was invalided home on the 4th February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 27th April 1919.
Received all 3 War Medals.
Mr. Crowsen’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour and the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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