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Persoonlijke gegevens Colin Harrower 

• Hij is geboren op 5 december 1894 in Store Row, Oakley, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.Bronnen 1, 2, 3
• Woonachtig:
• in het jaar 1901: 33 Store Row, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.Bron 1
• tussen 1902 en 1910: 9 1/2 James Place, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Bron 2
• (Arrival) na 5 november 1913 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: SS Themistocles.Bron 4
• (Departure) op 5 november 1913 in London, England: SS Themistocles, to Brisbane, Australia.Bron 5
• (School Records) tussen 1902 en 1910 in Pittencreif Primary School, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland: Fife, School Admissions and Discharges, 1867-1916 for 1902-1910 for Colin Harrower.Bron 2
• (Education Admission) op 20 augustus 1907 in Fife, Scotland: Age: 12.Bron 2
• Hij is overleden rond 1955 in Parkdale, Victoria, Australia.Bron 4
• Een kind van John Cant en Marion Shields

Gezin van Colin Harrower

Hij is getrouwd met Minnie (Mary Jane) Lynch.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1920 te Victoria, Australia, hij was toen 25 jaar oud.Bron 6

Kind(eren):

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Notities over Colin Harrower

1. Colins register of births states parents marriage was 23 September, marriage register states 29 September.

2. Colin is transcribed as Calvin in the 1901 census Ancestry.

3. http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search_results....
HARROWER C MR 18 DEC 1913 THEMISTOCLES B 886 004

4. Images of Themistocles from -----
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?action=PASearch&mode=subject&complete1=true&attribute1=subject&term1=Themistocles+%28Ship%29

5. Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help
WendyCunningham69 (View posts) Posted: 15 Feb 2008 9:21AM
Classification: Query
I am looking for any information on Colin Harrower born Dunfermline 1895. Father was John Harrower and mother was Marion Shields.
We know he emigrated to Melbourne in 1913 and fought in Gallipoli but apart from that we know nothing.
He is my Fathers Uncle and i would like to add information to my family tree.

Thank you

Wendy

6. Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help
corahlf (View posts) Posted: 15 Feb 2008 12:39PM
Classification: Query
have you seen the entries on:
www.naa.gov.au
4 entries for Colin Harrower.

Leanne

Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help
corahlf (View posts) Posted: 15 Feb 2008 12:50PM
Classification: Query
Also this may possibly be his arrival. It is the only one listed for 1913.
Someone may look up the index for you.

http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search_results....
HARROWER C MR 18 DEC 1913 THEMISTOCLES B 886 004

www.findmypast.com also confirms the entry for 1913 for Colin.

Leanne
Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help New
WendyCunningham69 (View posts) Posted: 15 Feb 2008 1:40PM
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Surnames: Harrower
Thanks Leanne, I shall have a look at the links.

I had seen the 4 entries for Colin on the gov website. Although you can only view one entry which is the one where he requests to come back to the uk.
(Note by self, See Media under Military Service for Request)

Thanks again for taking the time to email me

Wendy

Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help New
corahlf (View posts) Posted: 15 Feb 2008 2:11PM
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there are 2 open, you should be able to open his war service entry,
(Note by self, See Media under Military Service)
Leanne

Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help New
corahlf (View posts) Posted: 15 Feb 2008 2:16PM
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try this also but it is a pay for view site unless someone is kind enough to look up the info for you.
http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/index-search
Leanne

Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help New
WendyCunningham69 (View posts) Posted: 17 Feb 2008 8:48PM
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Surnames: harrower
Thank you Leanne.

The war entry will not open for me as there appears to be a fault.

Thanks again for your help

Wendy

Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help New
Karen581 (View posts) Posted: 16 Aug 2008 2:22AM
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Hello Wendy,

Just thought I would send you a message as the woman who married Colin Harrower in Australia was my Grandfather's sister. I do not have a lot of information on the family as we have lost contact, but I may be able to give you a little if you are interested.

Regards,
Karen (nee Lynch) Australia.

Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help New
WendyCunningham69 (View posts) Posted: 16 Aug 2008 11:27AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Harrower. Lynch
Hi Karen

It is great to hear from you. All i know is that Minnie Lynch married Colin and they had 2 boys. Colin left Fife for Australia and never returned. As far as i am aware he had no further contact with the family. Colin Harrower is my great uncle.

Any information would be great.
Regards
Wendy nee Harrower. (Fife, Scotland)

Re: Colin Harrower emigrated 1913 Please help New
Karen581 (View posts) Posted: 17 Aug 2008 7:57AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Harrower, Lynch
Hi Wendy,
Unfortunately we have lost contact with Colin's Descendants but I am in the process of trying to re-establish some contact with one of his grand-daughters who was doing the family tree years before I started.

I will keep your contact info on file, so I can let you know if I find anything out.

I did see that you had trouble earlier access the on-line army records of Colin's. Did you end up being able to view them? If not I might be able to download them and send them to you.

I also noticed that the person who gave you information from "free australian lookups" said that one of Colin's sons was John Alexander Harrower, however I have him as John Laurence. This was taken from the military records. When I get a chance to view the Birth records I will try and remember to check on the names.

Talk with you later.

Regards
Karen

7. http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/trying_to_find/thread/1006135

Find Ancestors: Emigrated to Melbourne 1913

Dean Report 14 Feb 2008 10:02

Hi, I am trying to find any information on Colin Harrower born 1895. He emigrated to Melbourne from London in 1913.

His father was John Harrower b1870 and his mother was Marion Shields b1874.

Siblings: William b 1897, Isabella b 1900 and Netty.

I have looked at the Australian gov website and found that in 1920 he applied to visit the uk. Also found a call up request for Ronald Trevor Harrower in 1920 who states next of kin is Colin Harrower but this may a different person altogether.

Any information you have on Colin would be great.

Thank you
Wendy ne Harrower

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TonyOz Report 3 Mar 2008 12:18

Hi Wendy.

A little info for you.
Victorian BDM index only allow access up to certain years because of.... Australian Privacy act.

I could only check Births up to 1921
Marriages up to 1942
Deaths up to 1985

Ronald Trevor Harrower birth was registered as the son of Colin HARROWER and Minnie ( Mary Harrower...nee LYNCH ( below )

Marriage registered Victoria.

Surname: HARROWER
Given Names: Colin
Event: Marriage
Sex: M
Spouse Surname/Father: LYNCH
Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Minnie
Age:
Age Code:
Birth Place:
Death Place:
Year: 1920
Reg. Number: 5652

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Birth Registered in GEELONG Victoria.

Surname: HARROWER
Given Names: Ronald Trevor
Event: B
Sex:
Spouse Surname/Father: Colin
Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Minnie LYNCH
Age:
Age Code:
Birth Place: GEELONG
Death Place:
Year: 1920
Reg. Number: 22106

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Deaths registered in Melbourne Victoria
Surname: HARROWER
Given Names: Colin
Father: John
Mother: Marion SHIELDS
Death Place: PARK ( Poss: PARKDALE or PARKVILLE )
Age: 60 ( would give a birth c.1895 )
Age Code:
Year: 1955
Reg Number: 13973
Event: D

As Minnie can be short for Mary, i would say this could be her death.
Also showing her father was David LYNCH

Surname: HARROWER
Given Names: Mary Jane
Father: Lynch David
Mother: Mary Jane UNKNOWN
Death Place: GLEN ( Poss: GLENROY ..not far from PARKVILLE )
Age: 86 ( woud give a birth c.1892 )
Age Code:
Year: 1978
Reg Number: 14533
Event: D

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There could be other children born to Colin and Minnie HARROWER.?....but unfortunatley I can only access births up to 1921 for Victoria.

However.......If you obtain the Death cert of Colin HARROWER it should give you any surviving or deceased childrens names and their ages at Colins time of death, and written on his death certificate....and also this applys to Minnie ( Mary ) Harrowers death cert as well. This is standard practice on most death certs for Australia...and information on death certs for Australia are normally very informative.

VICTORIA..... B.D.M's Enquire:
http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/bdm.htm

WW11 service records show:

Service Record
Name HARROWER, RONALD TREVOR
Service Australian Army
Service Number V307753
Date of Birth 26 Jul 1920
Place of Birth GEELONG, VIC
Date of Enlistment 24 Jun 1941
Locality on Enlistment ESSENDON, VIC
Place of Enlistment MOONEE PONDS, VIC
Next of Kin HARROWER, COLIN
Date of Discharge 21 Mar 1944
Rank Lance Corporal
Posting at Discharge Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

Also:

Service Record
Name HARROWER, RONALD TREVOR
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 41892
Date of Birth 26 Jul 1920
Place of Birth GEELONG, VIC
Date of Enlistment 23 Jul 1941
Locality on Enlistment ESSENDON
Place of Enlistment MELBOURNE, VIC
Next of Kin HARROWER, MINNIE
Date of Discharge 18 Dec 1941
Rank Aircraftman 1
Posting at Discharge 2 EMBARKATION DEPOT BRADFIELD PARK
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

Best wishes. Tony ( Melbourne, Vic. Australia )

Researching:
Hull, Williamson, Hales, Sadd, Langton, Bateman -"Essex"...Copley, "Sussex" - "Yorkshire" Richardson -"Yorkshire"...Barnes - "Wiltshire" ...Coglan - "Lancashire"... McCarthy & Walsh ( Ireland )"Limerick & Kilkenny"

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WayneTracey Report 3 Mar 2008 12:21

Name: Mr Colin HARROWER
Date of departure: 5 November 1913
Port of departure: London
Passenger destination port: Melbourne, Australia
Passenger destination: Melbourne, Australia

Age: 18
Marital Status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Farm Labr
Passenger recorded on: Page 11 of 21

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Ship: THEMISTOCLES
Official Number: 129349
Master's name: A H H G Douglas
Steamship Line: Aberdeen Line
Where bound: Brisbane, Australia

Themistocles
Twin-screw Steamer; 11,231t.; 1910…1947

Description: Twin screw two masted ship, three passenger decks. Service speed 15 knots. Capacity for 102 first and 258 third class passengers. Crew 160. Nine insulated holds totalling 212,000 cubic feet.
Tonnage: 11,231 tons.
Built: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast IRL, 1910-11.
Materials:
Dimensions: Length 517' (157.6m), breadth 63' (19.2m), draught 31' (9.4m).
Engines: H&W Quadruple expansion, 6000IHP. Boilers re-designed 1933 to accommodate super-heaters.
Repairs:
Registered: Britain
Home Port: London; Liverpool (1928…1946).
Intention: London - Australia (1911…1914); troop transports (1914…1920); Liverpool - Brisbane (1928…1932).
Owner(s): Aberdeen Lines (1911…1928, with war service 1914…1920); White Star Line (chartered) (1928…1932); Shaw, Savill & Albion (1932…1947).
Master(s):
Surgeon Supt(s):
Fate: Laid up in 1946, moored idle in River Blackwater. Sold for scrap, delivered to Tyne-side breakers (Dalmuir) 27 August 1947 (?1948).

The Themistocles made her inaugural voyage to Australia on 16 February 1911, carrying 102 first class and 258 third class passengers, with a crew of 160, from London to Capetown, Melbourne and Sydney. She made many trips to and from Australia both before and after World War I. During that war she worked as a troop-ship (from 1914) and a hospital ship, resuming service to Capetown, Sydney and Brisbane on 2 July 1920. In World War II she served as a troop-ship.

The T.S.S. Themistocles, under Commander W M Jermyn, sailed to Australia in 1924; passengers included Mary Ann Connell Kay (nee Richardson), her daughter Marion and new-born son George. A grand concert was programmed to be held on the Well Deck Aft on Wednesday 30 April.

In 1925 the Themistocles sailed from Plymouth on 3 January 1925, reaching Melbourne on 12 February via Capetown and Albany; Dacre Smyth, aged 18 months, was aboard emigrating with his family.

In 1927 the.Themistocles was sold to the Royal Steam Packet Co., then chartered to the White Star Line, steaming from Liverpool to Capetown, Sydney and Brisbane in September 1928. In 1932 she was transferred to Shaw Savill and Albion Co., along with other ships of the failed previous owners. On 30 June 1932 she ran again from Liverpool to Capetown, Sydney and Brisbane.

Sources: Marion Brown nee Kay (pers comm), Maber (1967), Smyth (1992).

I can send you the original image if you wish.

Regards

Wayne

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Dean Report 3 Mar 2008 16:04

Thanks for that Tony and Wayne.

Wayne the orginal image would be great.

Thanks so much guys for taking the time to help me.

Wendy

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WayneTracey Report 3 Mar 2008 19:27

Wendy

Pm me your email address and i'll send it

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http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_gallipoli.html

The Gallipoli Campaign 1915 - 1916
Gallipoli, Naval attack, 1915) Gallipoli, Initial landings, 1915 Gallipoli, Suvia bay landings and Anzac breakout
The term 'Gallipoli' refers to the attempts by the French, British and Commonwealth forces during 1915 and 1916 to force the Dardanelles and constitutes one of the most interesting (if not controversial) operations in World War One. It was one of the first ever major amphibious operations in modern warfare and used aircraft (as well as an aircraft carrier), aerial reconnaissance, landing craft, radio communications, artificial harbours and submarines. Its lessons were far reaching, and were remembered long after the event in such campaigns as the Normandy Landings in 1944 and the Falklands Conflict of 1982.
The initial attempt to force the straits was made in February and March 1915, and was purely a naval affair. It was instigated at the insistence of the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill after asking the opinion of Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden. The first attack was made on 19 February with twelve capital ships (the French ships Bouvet, Charlemagne, Gaulois and Suffren; the British ships HMS Queen Elizabeth, Agamemnon, Inflexible, Vengeance, Albion, Cornwallis, Irresistible and Triumph) and while initial operations were successful, bad weather halted the expedition. Vice-Admiral John de Robeck commenced a second attack on the 25 February, and managed to overpower the main batteries. Landing parties were put ashore at Kum Kale and Sedd-el-Bahr and disabled the remaining guns. The mobile batteries could not be so easily put out of action though and thwarted the attempt to clear the minefields by minesweepers. The third and final naval assault was made on 18 March with eighteen capital ships (two in reserve) formed in three waves. The first and second waves met with success but as the third wave advanced and the second started to withdraw, they ran into an unexpected minefield. This resulted in Bouvet, Inflexible, Irreststible and Ocean hitting mines, all but Inflexible sinking. The attack was called off, despite being close to success. After this, the two senior commanders in the Mediterranean, de Robeck and General Sir Ian Hamilton decided on a land campaign, "which Kitchener could never quite decide whether to support fully or not." (Travers, 1994, p. 223)
Hamilton prepared his four divisions for the assault, only one of which, the 29th was a regular formation. The landings took place on the 25 April 1915 with the Turks, under the command of Liman von Sanders, a German, being deceived with feint assaults by the Royal Naval Division at Bulair and the French at Besika Bay. The landings showed imagination however and may well have succeeded early on, but for a combination of mediocre leadership, the shortage of time for preparation, the geography and terrain in the peninsula with its few beaches and constraints on logistic support. Unfortunately, the "British Army was too rigidly structured . . . to attempt amphibious operations" and it was "the antiquated command structure that impeded progress." (Travers, 1994, p. 223) The British advance crucially lost momentum, and the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landing on the western coast between Gaba Tepe and Ari Burnu ('Anzac Cove') met with stiff resistance from the Turkish 2nd Division commanded by Colonel Mustapha Kemal (Atatürk) and almost got thrown back into the sea.
Between May and July, the French and British slowly advanced up the peninsula while the Anzacs clung to their small perimeter, inflicting massive losses on sustained Turkish attacks.
In August, a change of heart in London brought Hamilton reinforcements with which he prepared another ambitious offensive. The assault would be conducted in three parts. The first involved two columns from Anzac Cove (after it was reinforced with some 20,000 British and Gurkha troops) making their way through a relatively undefended route (reconnoitred by a New Zealander, Overton) to attack the key position (Chunuk Bair) in the Sari Bair mountains. The second involved the 1st Australian Division attacking the supposedly impregnable Lone Pine position and the third would be the amphibious operation with IX Corps, under General Stopford, at Suvla Bay, on the night of the 6 - 7 August. The Australian assault on Lone Pine succeeded due to careful and imaginative planning. The two columns came very close to succeeding in their missions but the right column suffered delays due to exhaustion and so missed the opportunity to initially take Chunuk Bair but managed to take it with the help of the remainder of the left column, who, after being badly mauled by artillery fire, failed to take Hill Q. They were subsequently thrown off Chunuk Bair by a near suicidal charge led by Kemel. The great gamble had failed. The landings at Suvla were conducted successfully, but the British forces were slow to exploit this and after they had finally started moving, attacked the Turkish forces defending the Suvla Plain on the 21 August from which they could not be dislodged. Hamilton was recalled and his replacement Monro, advised evacuation, which was eventually agreed. Churchill resigned and went to the Western Front. The evacuations were organised and conducted in a real show of brilliance, first of Anzac-Suvla and then of Helles in December and January, with not a man being lost, under the noses of the Germans and Turks who had nothing but admiration for their conduct. The campaign had cost the Allies some 46,000 killed (26,000 British) and the Turks, over 200,000. One cannot help but wonder about what might-have-been, with the narrowness between victory and defeat being an extremely slim one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/battle_gallipoli.shtml
Battle for Gallipoli: February 1915 - January 1916

By 1915 the Western Front was clearly deadlocked. Allied strategy was under scrutiny, with strong arguments mounted for an offensive through the Balkans or even a landing on Germany's Baltic coast, instead of more costly attacks in France and Belgium.

These ideas were initially sidelined, but in early 1915 the Russians found themselves threatened by the Turks in the Caucasus and appealed for some relief. The British decided to mount a naval expedition to bombard and take the Gallipoli Peninsula on the western shore of the Dardanelles, with Constantinople as its objective. By capturing Constantinople, the British hoped to link up with the Russians, knock Turkey out of the war and possibly persuade the Balkan states to join the Allies.

The naval attack began on 19 February. Bad weather caused delays and the attack was abandoned after three battleships had been sunk and three others damaged. Military assistance was required, but by the time troops began to land on 25 April, the Turks had had ample time to prepare adequate fortifications and the defending armies were now six times larger than when the campaign began.

Against determined opposition, Australian and New Zealand troops won a bridgehead at 'Anzac Cove' on the Aegean side of the peninsula. The British, meanwhile, tried to land at five points around Cape Helles, but established footholds in only three before asking for reinforcements. Thereafter little progress was made, and the Turks took advantage of the British halt to bring as many troops as possible onto the peninsula.

This standstill led to a political crisis in London between Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty and the operation's chief advocate, and Lord Fisher, the First Sea Lord, who had always expressed doubts about it. Fisher demanded that the operation be discontinued and resigned when overruled. The Liberal government was replaced by a coalition and Churchill, though relieved of his former post, remained in the War Council.

Amid sweltering and disease-ridden conditions, the deadlock dragged on into the summer. In July the British reinforced the bridgehead at Anzac Cove and in early August landed more troops at Suvla Bay further to the north, to seize the Sari Bair heights and cut Turkish communications. The offensive and the landings both proved ineffectual within days, faced with waves of costly counter-attacks.

The War Council remained divided until late 1915 when it was decided to end the campaign. Troops were evacuated in December 1915 and January 1916. Had Gallipoli succeeded, it could have ended Turkey's participation in the war. As it was, the Turks lost some 300,000 men and the Allies around 214,000, achieving only the diversion of Turkish forces from the Russians. Bad leadership, planning and luck, combined with a shortage of shells and inadequate equipment, condemned the Allies to seek a conclusion in the bloody battles of the Western Front. Furthermore, Gallipoli's very public failure contributed to Asquith's replacement as Prime Minister by David Lloyd George in December 1916.

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