John Twyford CASEY

CASEY, John Twyford

    Service Number: Q111285
    Enlisted: 26 May 1941
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
    Born: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 6 May 1914
    Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Sewage Miner
    Died: Lysol poisoning, Townsville District Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 14 October 1942, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia
    Burial reference: - Plot A, Row B, Grave 13. Personal inscription: - "SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE".
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, Q111285
    26 May 1941: Enlisted
    26 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q111285, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
    14 Oct 1942: Discharged

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    Biography contributed by Dianne Black

    Parents: -  Livingstone Casey and Rose Alice Pearce married 22nd October 1898, Townsville.

    Wife: - Hanako “Hannah” Neish (married 20th December 1941, Queensland) of South Townsville, Queensland.

    Private Casey died from Lycol poisioning (Results of a Army Court of Inquiry conducted 28th October 1942) in Townsville General Hospital, 14th October 1942.

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