- Born
- Died1930 · Salcombe Harbour, Devon, England, UK (presumed drowned)
- Birth nameCrosbie Alfred Norman Garstin
- Crosbie Garstin was born in 1887 in Cornwall, England, UK. He was a writer, known for China Seas (1935) and The Figurehead (1952). He died in 1930 in Salcombe Harbour, Devon, England, UK.
- In his youth Garstin worked as a lumberjack in Canada and as a ranger in Africa.
- During the First World War Garstin joined The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment. He received a battlefield commission in 1915.
- Disappeared after a dingy he was rowing capsized in Salcombe Harbour. Because his body was never found and he was known to be a strong swimmer, some felt he may have faked his own death.
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