Military History

Embarked Melbourne per HMAT ‘Ceramic’ A40 for Egypt 22.12.1914.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit. 16th Infantry Battalion. ‘D’ Company. Australian Imperial Force.
Crowley disembarked at Alexandria with ‘D’ Company 16th Battalion. After a brief period of training, at Heliopolis Camp, his Battalion was placed in the 4th Division. He entrained to Alexandria 11.4.1915, joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 12.4.1915 and embarked for Gallipoli per ‘Hyda Pasha’. The 16th Battalion landed on April 25th at ANZAC Cove and fought at Bloody Angle and defended the ANZAC beachhead. Crowley became ill at the Dardanelles and was transferred to 17th General Hospital at Alexandria with slight fever 22.7.1915. On discharge from Hospital he was attached to the Transport Section at Sidi Bisch 22.11.1915. Crowley joined the British Expeditionary Force at Alexandria and embarked for France 1.6.1916. He disembarked at Marseilles 3.6.1916. The 16th Battalion spent much of late 1916 defending the trenches on the Somme. Crowley became sick and was sent hospital with Influenza 3.4.1917. He was invalided to England with Bronchitis 24.4.1915 and listed for early return to Australia with tuberculosis (TB).
Embarked per HT ‘Borda’ A30 for Australia 26.9.1917.
Disembarked 12.11.1917.
Discharged 2.1.1918.
Final Rank Driver, 16th Battalion. Australian Imperial Force.
Medical Condition Invalided with TB.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos HMAT 'Ceramic'. Photographer Josiah Barnes , photograph source AWM PB0284
             Troops being towed ashore at Gallipoli April 1915. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A02781
             Bloody Angle, Gallipoli, right hand corner in valley 1919. Photographer James, W.H., Swanston W.H., photograph source AWM G01766
             Gallipoli. Hospital barge carrying sick and wounded  to Hospital Ships. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P00591.002

Information Source
AWM PB0284. HMAT 'Ceramic'. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM A02781. Troops being towed ashore at Gallipoli April 1915. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01766. Bloody Angle, Gallipoli, right hand corner in valley 1919. Photographer James, W.H., Swanston W.H., photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P00591.002. Gallipoli. Hospital barge carrying sick and wounded to Hospital Ships. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial: Embarkation Roll –John Crowley
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Crowley J
Wise, H. and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories

1 Hubert St Guildford WA  (POD 1914)

James St. Guildford, WA.

 

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