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CASTON, Horace
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 996 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Southwark, South Australia, 7 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 November 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Holy Trinity Church WW1 Honour Board 1, Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 996, 27th Infantry Battalion, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 996, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 996, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 996, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE H. CASTON.
Advice has been received that Private H. Caston was killed in action in France on November 23. He was a native of Adelaide, enlisted on January 11, 1915, and sailed for Egypt on May 31 of the same year with the 27th Battalion. A widow and two young children, who live at 115, Franklin-street, Adelaide, are left. He was 30 years of age on November 7 last. Private Caston was of a kind and loving disposition." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 30 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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