Henry Roy CABAN

CABAN, Henry Roy

Service Number: NX133858
Enlisted: 6 December 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Field Regiment (Post WW2)
Born: Ellalong, New South Wales, Australia, 1 December 1918
Home Town: Ellalong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Copley, South Australia, 11 May 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Plot M. Row B. Grave 3, Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ellalong Public School Memorial Gates
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, NX133858
6 Dec 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX133858, 1st Field Regiment (Post WW2)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Amos Henry and Emily Elizabeth Caban of Ellalong, NSW

 

Gunner Henry Roy Caban NX133858 (N155190) of Number 1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery was killed in a railway accident between Beltana and Copley, SA on the Alice Springs line while enroute to Darwin.   

 

Three other Army personnel were killed in this incident:

Gunner Gordon Victor Lehman Service Number SX30556 of 149 Light Anti Aircraft Battery; Royal Australian Artillery

Corporal Theodore Lester Keith Przibilla SX9604 of Number 1 Telegraph / Switchboard Operating Section, Australian Corps of Signals

Signalman Arthur Kelvin Hale NX86980 of Number 18 Line of Command Signals Unit, Australian Corps of Signals

 

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