Military History

Crowther enlisted as Trooper with 10th Light Horse. He was promoted to Sergeant. 21.10.1914. He was married after enlistment, to Edna Calder Crowther, 8 Hamersley Rd., Subiaco, WA.
Embarked Fremantle per A52 ‘Surada’ 17.2.1915 for Egypt also recorded as travelling on the Mashobra’ A47 8.2.1915.
Roll Rank Sergeant.
Roll Unit 10th Light Horse.
Crowther disembarked in Egypt with the 10th Light Horse. After a period of intensive training he joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Alexandria and embarked for Gallipoli 8.5.1915. At Gallipoli he became ill and was diagnosed with influenza 28.6.1915. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 14.9.1915. Crowther was hospitalised with influenza, measles, jaundice 11.1.1916.
He was transferred Malta 1916 as an invalid (West Australian Newspaper 13.1.1916) and admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Heliopolis (West Australian Newspaper 4.2.1916). Crowther was struck off strength from 10th Light Horse 28.1.1916 and invalided back to Australia per ‘Kanowna’ with jaundice and cardiac irritability, for a 3 months ‘change’.
He re embarked at Fremantle with the 27th Reinforcement of 10th Light Horse per ‘Port Sydney’ 9.5.1917 for Egypt.
Crowther disembarked at Suez and joined the to 11th Reinforcement Camel Corp. He was promoted to Lieutenant 22.7.1917. He was admitted to the isolation camp at Moascar 27.7.1917. Crowther transferred to the 3rd Machine Gun Squadron 9.8.1917. He was admitted to hospital with sciatica 21.12.1917 in Palestine. Crowther was listed for return to Australia for 6 months ‘change,’ however, did not return to the Western Front.
Embarked from Suez per HT ‘Ulysses’ for Australia 15.2.1918.
Returned/Disembarked Fremantle 11.3.1918.
Discharged/ Appt. Terminated 23.7.1918.
Final Rank Lieutenant. 3rd Australian Machine Gun Squadron.
Medical Condition Invalided with sciatica.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Crowther’s childhood home was at 4 Turton St. Guildford.

Photo Calder Robert Crowther in 1908 as part of the 1st Cricket GGS. Photograph sourced and reproduced with permission of the GGS Archives
           HMAT 'Surada'. Photographer unknown. photograph source SLNSW image a639566
           Casualty Clearing Station on the Beach, Anzac Cove,Gallipoli 1915. Photograph donor T.Yeomans, photograph source AWM A0576
           No.1 Auxilliary Hospital, Heliopolis 1915 with patients from Gallipoli. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM H1851
           HMAT 'Ulysses'. Photographer P.E.F. Schuler, photograph sourced AWM PS0154

Information Source
AWM A0576. Casualty Clearing Station on the Beach, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli 1915. Photograph donor T.Yeomans, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H1851. No.1 Auxilliary Hospital, Heliopolis 1915 with patients from Gallipoli. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM PS015. HMAT 'Ulysses'. Photographer P.E.F. Schuler, photograph sourced  from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial: Embarkation Roll- Robert Calder Crowther
Guildford Grammar School Arhcives
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B 2455, Crowther R C
SLNSW image a639566. HMAT 'Surada'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the State Library of New South Wales
St Matthew’s Honour Roll
West Australian Newspaper
Wise, H. and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories. SLWA

8 Hamersley Rd., Subiaco, WA (Wife)
4 Turton Street, Guildford, WA.

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