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Alice in Wonderland
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The King and Queen of Hearts and the hookah-smoking Caterpillar, sculpted in plastilina clay on an aluminum armature by Imagineers Peter Kermode and Adolfo Procopio for the 1984 enhancement of "Alice in Wonderland."
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The Kermode Bear, or Spirit Bear, is a unique subspecies of black bear with a white fur coat. It is estimated that only 400-1000 of them exist in nature and I feel extremely lucky to have been able to have this encounter with such an amazing and rare animal. Enjoy!
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Group portrait of three unidentified soldiers, probably of the 10th Battalion, in a sandbagged trench. One is possibly Lieutenant Herbert Walter Crowle, 3rd Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, of North Adelaide, SA, who was wounded at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, and died on 25 August 1916.
I have had an enquiry about photos of H.W. CROWLE from a professional TV researcher Lisa Savage, so I sent her some copies of pictures I got from his grandson John S. CROWLE.
She wants to use them in a documentary but will need to re-scan the originals - I have told her that we don't know for sure who is in the photographs.
She has tried to contact John S. CROWLE without success, so I am hoping that our family photographic expert (you !!) can tell us the whereabouts of the originals. I don't think they come from Kelly's collection.
I have attached the pics of interest.
Any help gratefully received,
cheers for now,
Trev.
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Herbert Walter (Bert) Crowle 1884 - 1916
Known as Bert, Herbert Walter Crowle's parents were his father John William Crowle and mother Matilda Alice Matthews Crowle, of Glen Huntley (late of Hamilton) in Victoria. He had been apprenticed to a Builder, named Stone & Coy, in Melbourne for 4 years. Having moved to Adelaide by the time of his enlistment he was described by vocation as a Master Builder.
At enlistment he was 30 years 11 months old; married; 5’ 5” tall; 147 lbs of fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair. His religion was given as Church of England.
His Next of kin was listed as his wife, Mrs Mary Beatrice Crowle at Bennington Road, Eastwood SA. They had a son, William (Bill) Herbert Crowle who was seven (7) years old when Bert enlisted. The family were later living in Kermode Street North Adelaide.
Bert also had a brother in Adelaide; William A Crowle, of Kensington Gardens SA.
He enlisted as a private in the 10th Battalion on 22 December 1914. He landed at Gallipoli with the 3rd reinforcements before being wounded two weeks later.
Following recuperation in hospital in Alexandria he embarked once more for ANZAC in November 1915. However by this time the 10th Battalion had withdrawn for rest on Lemnos, so Bert rejoined the unit there. He was promoted Lance Corporal in December.
After a period of training and reorganisation in Egypt, the 10th Battalion moved to the Western Front in France. Bert's chronology of service was as follows:
In July 1916 the battalion took part in the battle for Pozières village and then in August, around Mouquet Farm.
By this time the Battalion had endured heavy casualties and as always the junior officers suffered a disproportionately high rate. It appears that Bert Crowle having demonstrated the requisite ability, was commissioned in the Field.
When the fighting shifted from Pozieres, after the Windmill feature was captured and changed dirrection towards Mouquet Farm, Bert Crowle was leading a platoon. Later that month Bert Crowle was wounded by a German machine gun while endeavouring to communicate with an adjacent group of troops. He was evacuated wounded to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station behind the lines.
His wound became infected (there were no anti-biotics at that time) and despite surgery his condition deteriorated. Hours before he died on 25 August 1916, his condition had deteriorated such that he could not write, so he dictated a letter to his wife, Beatrice and their young son Bill back in Australia. A chaplain working at the clearing station wrote the letter on his behalf. It remains one of the most poignant letters of its kind and is often quoted.
“Dearest Beat and Bill,
Just a line you must be prepared for the worst to happen any day. It is no use trying to hide things. I am in terrible agony & I was hit running out to see the other officer who was with me but badly wounded. I ran too far as I was in a hurry and he had passed the word down to return, it kept coming down and there was nothing to do but go up and see what he meant. I got two machine-gun bullets in the thigh another glanced off by my water bottle and another by the periscope I had in my pocket you will see that they send my things home. It was during the operations around Mouquet Farm about 20 days I was in the thick of the attack on Pozières as I had just about done my duty. Even if I get over it I will never go back to the war as they have taken pounds of flesh out of my buttock & The Stretcher Bearers could not get the wounded out any way than over the top and across the open. They had to carry me four miles with a man waving a red cross flag in front and the Germans did not open fire on us.
Well dearest I have had a rest, the pain is getting worse and worse.
I am very sorry dear, but still you will be well provided for I am easy on that score.
So cheer up dear I could write on a lot but am nearly unconscious.
Give my love to Dear Bill and yourself, do take care of yourself and him.
Your loving husband, Bert.”
(“This letter of farewell, with another letter from the chaplain, are held at the AWM.”)
In October 1919 Beatrice (his wife) and William (his brother) had a large headstone erected over his grave at the time and the Imperial War Graves Commission has maintained the original in Puchevilliers British Cemetery ever since. [AWM P04864.001]
Bert Crowle was 32 years old. His name is listed on the Roll of Honour (panel 58) in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, along with over 60,000 others from the First World War opposite the Pool of Reflection.
See the link in the sidebar to his story as told at the Australian War Memorial Last Post certemony.
Service timeline:
14/12/1914 Completed medical – fit for service
12/12/1914 Enlisted at Oaklands
14/12/1914 Commanding Officer appointed Herbert to 10th Infantry, at Oaklands
19/2/1915 Embarked Port of Melbourne on board HMAT A54 Runic
9/5/1915 Taken on strength from 3rd Reinforcements, 10th Battalion - Gallipoli
The 3rd Reinforcements joined the unit after the landing.
16/5/1915 Bullet wound to left eye, Gallipoli Peninsula
Just prior to the major Turkish attack on 19th May 1915
16/5/1915 Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac
23/5/1915 Evacuated Anzac - eventually admitted to hospital in Alexandria
29/5 – 15/11/1915 "Serving with unit since Gallipoli" annotated in his records.
1/12/1915 Taken on strength by the 10th Battalion.
1/12/1915 Appointed Lance Corporal – Mudros, Greece
29/12/15 Disembarked at Alexandria
24/1/1916 Promoted Corporal - Serapeum (Egypt)
1/3/1916 Promoted Sergeant
4/3/1916 Sergeant – Front line Canal Defence
27/3/1916 Proceeding to join British Expeditionary Force – Alexandria
3/4/1916 Disembarked at Marseilles, France
5/8/1916 Promoted 2nd Lieutenant - France.
21/8/1916 Wounded (2nd time) in fighting around Mouquet Farm
2/10/1916 buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery
7 ¼ miles South-South East of Doullens
Plot 3; Row A; Grave 11
MEDALS:
1914-15 Star (2942); British War medal (9481); Victory medal (9433);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (355913).
Biography by Steve Larkins
From François Berthout
2nd Lt Herbert Walter Crowle,
Australian Infantry Battalion,
3rd Brigade, 1st Australian Division
In the fields of the Somme, peaceful and silent under the poppies which grow in red waves, rest in peace, under the rows of their eternal graves, thousands of young men, a whole generation who here fought and paid the supreme sacrifice in the trenches and which side by side, lived and fell united in the mateship in which they still stand proudly and which, now and forever will be remembered and honored for all they did for us, for who they were, men above all and for what they are today, our heroes, our valiant Diggers, our sons, my boys of the Somme on whom I would always watch with respect so that they are never forgotten.
Today, it is from the bottom of my heart, with the highest respect and with gratitude that I would like to honor the memory of one of these young men, one of my boys of the Somme who gave his today for our tomorrow.I would like to pay a very respectful tribute to Second Lieutenant Herbert Walter Crowle who fought in the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Australian Division, and who died of his wounds 105 years ago, on August 25, 1916 at the age of 32 on the Somme front.
Herbert Walter Crowle was born on February 29, 1884 in North Carlton, Victoria, and was the son of John William Crowle and Matilda Alice Crowle (née Matthews), of Glen Huntley (late of Hamilton) in Victoria. Herbert was educated at Faraday Street State School, and after graduation, he apprenticed to a builder named Stone and Coy, in Melbourne for four years.Before the outbreak of the war, he met and married Mary Beatrice Crowle and had a son, William, who was affectionately named "Bill" and who was only 7 years old when his father got enlisted. They lived in Bennington Road, Eastwood, South Australia, then to Kermode Street, North Adelaide, where Herbert worked as a master builder.
Herbert enlisted on December 12, 1914 in Oaklands, South Australia, as a Private in the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement, and after a two month training period, he embarked with his unit from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on February 19, 1915 and sailed for the Gallipoli peninsula.
On May 9, 1915, Herbert was disembarked in Gallipoli but a week later, on May 16, he received a slight bullet wound to his left eye and was admitted to the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac, then was evacuated to the hospital in Alexandria, Egypt, on May 23 and following his recovery, in November, he embarked again for Anzac, Gallipoli, However by this time the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion had withdrawn for rest on Lemnos, Greece, so Bert rejoined the unit there then embarked for Egypt.
On December 29, 1915, Herbert arrived in Egypt and was disembarked at Alexandria and a month later, on January 24, 1916, was promoted to the rank of Corporal at Serapeum then to the rank of Sergeant on March 1 and fought in the front line in defense of the Suez Canal, then on March 27, he joined the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in Alexandria and embarked on board Saxonia the same day with his battalion and proceeded overseas for France.
After a week of a journey on the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Herbert arrived in France and was disembarked in Marseilles on April 3, 1916 then, on June 6, he entered for the first time in the trenches in the Petillon sector then a month later, on July 22, he rejoined the Somme and the front line at Pozieres which was the first major engagement of the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion and the AIF on the Somme front. Herbert and the 10th Battalion fought with distinction from the July 22 to 25, 1916 in Pozieres but during these three days, they suffered 350 casualties and had to withdraw from the line of fire and marched to Bonneville, Somme, to reorganize and be reinforced.
For his courage alongside his men at Pozieres, Herbert was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on August 5, 1916 and on August 19, alongside the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion, he joined the front line at Mouquet farm but unfortunately the next day he met his fate.
On August 20, 1916, he was wounded by a German machine gun while endeavouring to communicate with an adjacent group of troops and was evacuated to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station behind the lines, at Puchevillers, a few kilometers from Pozieres.
Unfortunately, his wound became infected (there were no anti-biotics at that time) and despite surgery his condition deteriorated. Hours before he died on August 25, 1916, his condition had deteriorated such that he could not write, so he dictated a letter to his wife, Beatrice and their young son "Bill" back in Australia. A chaplain working at the clearing station wrote the letter on his behalf.
The following letter is one of the most poignant and one of the most moving I have ever read and its reading was not without tears:
"Dearest Beat and Bill,
Just a line you must be prepared for the worst to happen any day. It is no use trying to hide things. I am in terrible agony and I was hit running out to see the other officer who was with me but badly wounded. I ran too far as I was in a hurry and he had passed the word down to return, it kept coming down and there was nothing to do but go up and see what he meant. I got two machine-gun bullets in the thigh another glanced off by my water bottle and another by the periscope I had in my pocket, you will see that they send my things home. It was during the operations around Mouquet Farm about 20 days I was in the thick of the attack on Pozières as I had just about done my duty. Even if I get over it I will never go back to the war as they have taken pounds of flesh out of my buttock and The Stretcher Bearers could not get the wounded out any way than over the top and across the open. They had to carry me four miles with a man waving a red cross flag in front and the Germans did not open fire on us.
Well dearest I have had a rest, the pain is getting worse and worse.
I am very sorry dear, but still you will be well provided for I am easy on that score.
So cheer up dear I could write on a lot but am nearly unconscious.
Give my love to Dear Bill and yourself, do take care of yourself and him.
Your loving husband, Bert."
The original letter is now kept at the Australian War memorial in Canberra.
Five days later, on August 25, Herbert died of his wounds, he was 32 years old.
Today Second Lieutenant Herbert Walter Crowle rests in peace with his men, friends and brothers in arms at Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, and his grave bears the following inscription "He gave his all that they should not pass."
In October 1919, his wife Beatrice and his brother William had a large headstone erected over his grave at the time and the Imperial War Graves Commission has maintained the original in Puchevilliers British Cemetery ever since.
In the second and third photo, Herbert is standing in the back row to the left and in the fourth photo, he is sitting smoking his pipe. In the fifth photo, William is standing in front of his brother Herbert's grave.
Herbert, young and brave, it is with bravery and determination that you have served and fought for your country, for Australia and for France alongside your comrades, your brothers in arms by wearing with honor the colors under the same uniform and for the same causes, for peace and freedom but also to offer your wife, your son a better world, a world in peace and for that, with their love in your heart, you did your duty with loyalty and perseverance until your last breath of life in the poppy fields on which so many men gave their lives and did what was right, they fought the good fight and in the trenches of the great war, all did their part and gave all they had to put an end to all wars and today rest in the peace of the sacred grounds of the Somme which were, more than a hundred years ago, a hell of blood and fire in which the dismal roar of shells and men were all that millions of men heard day and night during four years of an endless war that claimed millions of lives.In the mud they dug kilometers of trenches, the last shelter before walking through the battlefield, the final limit between life and death in which these young men lived in mud and blood and could see, above the parapet , death and the apocalypse, the bodies of their comrades who fell before them under the fire of the machine guns who swept the no man's land at an incense rate and who, in showers of bullets and lead, spit death on the waves of men who moved forward with courage but who often had no chance to reach their objectives.United in tight ranks, they marched towards their destinies, watching over each other and with their heads held high, proud and guided by their convictions, they charged, bayonets forward through the poppies, for their loved ones, for the king and their country they went beyond the bravery that a man can give in the darkest hours but together, by their courage, perseverance and tenacity, they wrote history and made their country proud and more than a hundred years later, the Somme, France will never forget Australia, we will never forget our courageous and valiant Diggers who fought with bravery alongside their French and British brothers in arms who fought together for the peace in which we live.We will never forget what they went through and what they sacrificed in this horrible war in which they showed their bravery and remained strong and united in the mateship which symbolizes the courage of Australians and the spirit of ANZAC, of our heroes, my boys of the Somme for whom I feel the greatest admiration and pride and whom I wish to bring to life so that they are never forgotten, so that what they did for the Somme and France is never forgotten.They were young and thanks to them I reached the age of 31, a long life compared to many of them so I want to dedicate mine to them to bring their memories and their stories to life, I will always be there for them and for their families for whom I would always give my energy and my heart because for me, watching over them is a pride that I carry in my heart and my words are nothing compared to what they did for us but I would like to say thank you to all these men, these heroes that I would have liked to meet to shake their hands, with tears of gratitude in my eyes and that I get to know through their stories and to whom I would always express myself with my heart. Thank you so much Herbert, for everything.At the going down of the sun and in the morning,we will remember him,we will remember them.
Edward Butler may have been in this trench too, they both died within days of each other!
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Link to AWM Description and this image.. at www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1119823
Group portrait of three unidentified soldiers, probably of the 10th Battalion, in a sandbagged trench. One is possibly Lieutenant Herbert Walter Crowle, 3rd Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, of North Adelaide, SA, who was wounded at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, and died on 25 August 1916.
edited 30-04-20
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Description
Group portrait of three unidentified soldiers, probably of the 10th Battalion, in a sandbagged trench. One is possibly Lieutenant Herbert Walter Crowle, 3rd Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, of North Adelaide, SA, who was wounded at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, and died on 25 August 1916.
ANHS 1974 - 3H1
Back Row: Graham Schofield, Dene Burton, Miroslav Kucha, Michael Flower, Malcolm Birch, Craig Orme, Greg Feltwell, Keith Pearson
3rd Row: Scott Simpson, Graeme Massie, Greg Wright, Helen McVean, Kate Taylor, Sue Kermode, Rhys Thompson, Ian Hoddinott, Darryl Legg
2nd Row: Janelle Eirth, Sally-Ann Pearce, Pam McElroy, Rhonette Wenke, Kathy Gordon, Wendy Nolte, Wendy McConville, Anne Summers, Anne Haines
Front Row: Ilsa Katalinic, A Bambrook, Anne Swatton, Caroleigh Abbott, Nola Joyce, K McLeish, Kerry Parish, Consuelo Merluzzi, Debbie Saunders
Sam Wheat (Keagan Kermode) tries to warn Molly Jensen (Karley Konegay) that Willie Lopez (Christian Smith) in in the apartment. (ECU Photo by Cliff Hollis)
British Columbia’s Gitga’at First Nation believe that the raven, creator of the rainforest, turned every 10th black bear white as a reminder of the last ice age. Geneticists understand that the white coat is the result of a double recessive gene in black bears. No one knows why the spirit bear (known locally as Moksgm’ol) only exists in a small part of Canada’s Great Bear Rain Forest. It’s just one of nature’s miracles.
Estimates of how many spirit bears exist vary. Some scientists believe there may be as many as 400. Some believe there may be as few as 200. This makes them more rare than a giant panda – and harder to find. My journey to find a spirit bear involved two plane flights, a ferry ride, a float plane ride, two zodiac trips, multiple nights on a boat, and a long hike through a rain forest. I’d willingly travel twice as far to get another glimpse of these majestic animals. Photographing this bear was, by far, the most profound thing I’ve done with my camera.
Creveen was an private secondary school for girls run by the Misses Kathleen and Rita Cussen from 1900 to 1936.
State Heritage ID: 13542
A multi-tiered audience for the Dodge Brothers at the National Film Museum in Bradford. That emotionless, square-jawed bloke really catches your eye, doesn't he?
September is the pinnacle of bear viewing – grizzlies, black bears and the rare white Kermode or ‘spirit bear’ as it is known by the natives, greedily feed on migrating salmon so plentiful that the rivers and streams appear black.
Sam Wheat (Keagan Kermode) and Molly Jensen (Karley Konegay) interact early in the play. (ECU Photo by Cliff Hollis)
This Kermodei bear is hibernating a few hundred metres from our neighbours' house under an old tree stump. He's awake enough to track you with his eyes, but he doesn't even move around at all, he's so sleepy. We were very quiet and went in one at a time to take photos.
Black Bear at the BC Wildlife Park, near Kamloops. It was interesting to see both Black and Grizzly Bears (not in the same enclosure) and see the difference between the two. We learned that it wasn't the colour that distinguished them, as both can range from blonde to black. They also had a Kermode Bear (also known as a Spirit or Ghost Bear), a Black Bear with white fur - not an albino but caused by a rare genetic mutation. Unfortunately this bear was sleeping behind a log, so we only got a glimpse.
We did also see Black Bears in the wild. Once by the roadside but this one was feeding amongst the trees and too far to get a picture. We saw a couple of wild bears from the Blue River Wildlife Safari - a boat trip along the North Thompson River and Mud Lake in search of bears. I did get some shots but they are not the best - taken from a boat and high ISO and the bear was largely turned away from us - but was great to see them in the wild.
More shots in the comment below - the second and third in the comment are wild bears seen from the Blue River Safari and the last is one of the boats on this tour.
Built 1883 by Dr Verco, known as Kermode St Chapel or Verco’s Chapel, rented to Church of Christ during his lifetime, title transferred 1925, sold 1960s. No longer in use.
The arrival of Bob Brown Bear at the studio. Bob Brown Bear will be completed in the uniform of Bob Brown, father of baseball in Vancouver. Bob Brown Bear is part of the public art project for raising funds for the BC Lions Society www.spiritbearsinthecity.com.
Bob Brown Bear will be on display in Vancouver at Hastings and Burrard, thanks to the sponsorship of the HSBC Bank.
our neighbour was taping his property line and nearly stepped on this dozy kermode bear, hibernating in a hollow. we gently crept close for photographs, and he looked on, unmoving. I'm pretty sure he wasn't seeing much, even if his eyes were open. I hope he gets a good sleep! it would be a real shame for him to wake up- I doubt we've seen the last of our cold spells this winter.
edit - okay, geotagged! very approximate as we live in the sticks and I'm not really sure where the house is... xD