Victor CAPSTICK

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Service Numbers:	765, 248
Enlisted:	2 October 1914, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

2 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 765, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Claremont, Tas.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 765, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 765, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 248, 3rd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
22 Jul 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 248, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 248 awm_unit: 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-22
22 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 248, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières

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