CROW, Francis Peter
Service Number: | 22253 |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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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