Fredrick James CATON

CATON, Fredrick James

Service Numbers: 2582p, 2582
Enlisted: 15 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
Born: Preston, Lancashire, England, 1881
Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 26 October 1917
Cemetery: Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
Plot 11, Row D, Grave3
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

15 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2582p, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
24 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2582, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2582, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Hannah Caton. Husand of Elizabeth Caton of 'Fulwood', Undercliffe Road, Undercliffe, NSW later known as Elizabeth Ewings

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served in the Royal Engineers for 12 years

Apprenticed to Thomas Cunliffy of , St Martins Road, Preston. Lancashire for 5 years