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COSTELLO, Valentine Norman Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1543 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915, Warwick Farm |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 5 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ardglen, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maitland Boys' High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Natural causes, Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1964, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Sect. M2, Row 7, Plot 943. |
| Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Willow Tree and District Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1543, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Warwick Farm | |
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| 23 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1543, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1543, 1st Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 9 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1543, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Rafa, GSW chest and compound fracture left humerus (severe) | |
| 28 May 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1543, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Medically unfit | |
| 6 Jul 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Battle of Rafa, For attention to duty under heavy fire, as a stretcher bearer, on 9 January 1917 during the Battle of Rafa. |
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