CASTLES, William John
| Service Number: | 432 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 27 February 1876 |
| Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 23 May 1952, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated. |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 432, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 432, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 11 Apr 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 432, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 98, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Athenic arriving Brisbane 4 Apr 1901, discharged 11 Apr 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William John Castles enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother J. S. Castles, Fiveways, Woolloongabba. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 98, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his sister Miss A. Castles, Fiveways, Woolloongabba.
William John Castles was born on 27 Feb 1876 in Queensland, a son to William Castles and Isabella Smith Castles (nee Maling). When he passed in 1952 his funeral notice noted he was formerly of Cunungra and Tambourine, and a veteran of the South African war.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 98).