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COSTELLO, John

Service Number:	952
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Timor, Victoria, Australia., 21 April 1878
Home Town:	Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Dunolly Primary School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Miller
Died:	Died of wounds, Middelburg, South Africa, Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 5 July 1901, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa British War Graves section.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Dunolly Primary School John James Costelloe Memorial Plaque, Dunolly Town Hall Private John Costelloe Memorial Plaque

Boer War Service

1 Feb 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 952, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 952, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
5 Jun 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 952, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
5 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 952, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, D.O.W.
1 Jul 1901:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 952, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John James COSTELLOE was born in Victoria in 1878

His parents were John COSTELLOE & Elizabeth KENNEDY