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CATON, Rupert Henry Lea
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Annandale, NSW, 16 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street School and Technical College |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | 14 February 1959, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 2 Wall 4 |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Reinforcements WW1 | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Jacob and Alice Maude CATON, 'Midlands' Llewellyn Street, Marrickville, NSW
Lieutenant Caton gained his certificate as Pilot at the Point Cook Aviation Schol and had his first fight in the 'air stunt' against the German invaders of England. Later in France, he was wounded by hostile aeroplanes on 7 September 1917, but retained his nerve, and landed safely to the aerodrome. He was invalided to Wandsworth and Cobham Hall Hospitals and returned to Sydney 28 May 1918. For many months he was an outdoor patient of Randwick Military Hospital.
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