CARSTENS, Claudius Norman
| Service Number: | 149 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 18 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Dalby State School |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 June 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pont-de-Nieppe Communal Cemetery Plot II, Row E, Grave 5, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Dalby War Memorial, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 149, 41st Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 149, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 149, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 149, 41st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Claudius Norman CARSTENS was born on 18th May,1892 in Dalby , Queensland
His parents were Claudius John William CARSTENS and Sarah Jane BROWN who married in St Johns Church of England in Dalby in 1876 - they had 12 known children
He enlisted in Toowoomba, Queensland on 5th January, 1916 and embarked with the 41st Infantry Battalion, A Company from Sydney on the HMAT Demostenes on the 18th May, 1916
Claudius was Killed in Action on 14th June, 1917 and is buried in Pont de Nieppe Communal Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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Dalby Herald, 15th June 1918 - IN MEMORIAM
ROLL OF HONOUR - CARSTENS
In loving memory of Private Claudius Norman Carstens, killed in action, June 14th, 1917
"No loved ones stood around him, to bid a fond farewell
No word of comfort could we give, to him we loved so well"
Inserted by his loving Mother, Father, Sisters & Brothers
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His brother Walter CARSTENS (SN3186) was also Killed in Action in 1917 several months later
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