John Crowe

Memorial to those who died as a result of the Eureka Stockade located in the Eureka Stockade Memorial Gardens. Photography: Clare Gervasoni 2013.

Background

John Crowe was born in 1824 at Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland. He arrived in Australia in 1842. He was buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery late on 03 December 1954.

Goldfields Involvement in 1854

He was a miner who was shot and killed as a result of the Eureka Stockade battle on 03 December 1854. He died of wounds after by being treated by Dr James Stewart, who was the informant on the death certificate.