Portrait of the grave of Lieutenant Herbert Walter Crowle, 3rd Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P04864.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made France
Date made c October 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of the grave of Lieutenant Herbert Walter Crowle, 3rd Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, of North Adelaide, SA. A master builder prior to enlisting on 12 December 1914, Crowle embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Runic on 19 February 1915, as a private with regimental number 1457. He was wounded at Gallipoli on 19 May 1915 and again (mortally) at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, on 21 August 1916. The large headstone was erected by his wife and brother, October 1919. From Adelaide, Australia. His epitaph reads "He gave his all that they should not pass".