The son of Joseph Terrell Crowl (1856–1924),[2] and Matilda Orr Crowl (1924), née Forbes, Joseph Terrell Crowl was born in Melbourne on 13 December 1883.[3][4]
^At the time of his enlistment in the First AIF (24 November 1914) Crowl correctly declared his date of birth to be "13 December" (with no year) and, also, correctly declared his age to be "30 years and 11 months". However, the enlistment officer's inaccurate calculation of "1884" was pencilled into the application form; and this explains why some of his military records show his year of birth as 1884 (i.e., due to clerical error, rather than any deception by Crowl).
References
Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Main, J. & Allen, D., "Crowl, Joseph", pp. 49–51 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.