Thomas James CASTLES

CASTLES, Thomas James

Service Number: NX37778
Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Tumut, New South Wales
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born: Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 29 December 1908
Home Town: Junee, Junee, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Hainan Island, China, 5 February 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Yokohama War Cemetery
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boorowa War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

28 Jun 1941: Involvement Lance Corporal, NX37778, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
28 Jun 1941: Enlisted Tumut, New South Wales
2 Jul 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX37778, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance

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Biography

Son of Lawrence Castles and Mary Ann Molloy, married in Tumut, NSW, in 1935 to Florence May Loblinzk.

(Died whilst a POW of Japan)

Cemetery  details: Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan