patrick crowe

Family name

crowe

Reg no

120

Given name(s)

patrick

Contingent

first

Rank

private

Unit

No 2 company

County/City

southland

Occupation

farmer

Ship

waiwera 21 october 1899

Next of Kin

crowe mr thomas

Next of Kin Address

makarewa southland

Notes

Downlaod his service record here (Archway)

Service records online

Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website.

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Paul Hardy Posted: 7 Oct 2013

Paddy Crowe was well known throughout Southland and was one of the first there to volunteer. Took his own horse Blackbird. Was a dispatch rider. Met Cecil Rhodes and a number of top brass. Served overseas for one year. Paraded with his unit in Sydney Federation Day parade en route home. Posed for the Invercargill Troopers Memorial, erected 1906. Married Alice Logan. Died 1951.

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Anne- Marie Hardy Posted: 3 Nov 2018

Patrick. Crowe was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein and Transvaal. In 1908 he was given the NZ Volunteer Service Medal 1902-1912. This medal is part of a collection held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum

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