Frederick George CASEY

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CASEY, Frederick George

Service Number:	5451
Enlisted:	20 November 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer
Died:	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 1 Service

20 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5451, 1st Divisional Train
12 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 5451, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 5451, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
3 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2/4th ASC
19 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion
4 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5451, 48th Infantry Battalion, per HT Bremen
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5451, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Fred was the youngest of seven children of Richard Baxter Casey (b1851 in Cork, Ireland) and Mary Elizabeth Chaplin (b1855 in Melbourne, Victoria. Richard immigrated with his parents and siblings in the mid 1850s and settled at Three Mile Creek in Beechworth, Victoria (Gold Rush). He and Mary married in Beechworth in 1873 - they lived in Beechworth and Whorouly in Victoria and Forbes and Cobar in NSW before moving to Melbourne, Victoria in the mid 1880s. Following Richard's death in 1903, Mary moved to Perth, WA.

Fred was a Shearer in Perth, WA in November 1914 when he enlisted in the AIF (Private, Driver; Service No:5451). He served in France with 2/4th ASC and 48th Infantry Battalion and was in Rugby, England in January 1919 when he married Dorothy Nellie Burrows (b1897 in Devon, England). Fred was Discharged in September 1919.

Following his Discharge, Fred and Dorothy settled at Circle Valley in Dundas, Kalgoorlie WA where Fred was a Farmer. Fred died in 1935 and Dorothy returned to England with their two children, and worked as an Assistant Canteen Manageress. Son Cyril Richard Casey (b1921) was KiA in 1942 whilst on a Familiarisation Flight in Malta - he served with the RNVR (Sub Lieutenant/Telegraphist; 828 Squadron) on board HMAS St Angelo.

Dorothy died in Fremantle WA in 1984.

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