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CASWELL, Jack Stewart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2384 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonamble, New South Wales,Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonamble Municipality and Wingadee Shire HR, Coonamble War Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW, Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2384, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2384, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2384, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 22 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2384, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2384 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-06-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2384 Private (later Corporal) Jack Stewart Caswell, 2nd Battalion, of Manly, NSW. Son of Francis Stewart Caswell and Lauretta Evelyn Caswell. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 14 July 1915. He died on 22 June 1916, at the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, France, of wounds received in action earlier that day, aged 19. He is buried in the Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, west of Armentieres, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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