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CASTLES, Arthur Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2782 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1890 |
| Home Town: | Burswood, Belmont, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | 28 May 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | East Victoria Park Memorial Wall, Fremantle Leederville Rifle Club Honor List, Midland Officers & Contract Surveyors of the Department of Lands & Surveys WA Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2782, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2782, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2782, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle |
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Military Cross
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When as one of a reconnoitring patrol, he was lying concealed well within enemy outpost line, by the light of a hostile flare he saw a party of eight of the enemy approaching. He allowed them to come within a few feet of his position and then summoned them to surrender. Revolver fire was opened on them and a bomb thrown, resulting in four of the enemy being badly wounded. He displayed coolness, dash, and military judgment of the highest order.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 150
Date: 24 September 1918
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