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CASTREE, John Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2565 |
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Enlisted: | 24 May 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Blackall, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1890 |
Home Town: | Nanango, South Burnett, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Wheelwright |
Died: | Killed in Action, Moquet Farm, France, 1 September 1916, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackall War Memorial, Dayboro Showgrounds War Memorial, Dayboro War Memorial, Dayboro World War One Memorial, Nanango War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2565, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2565, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2565, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
John's parents were John Edward Castree and Clara Nowland. John was living at Terrors Creek and working as a wheelwright when he enlisted in Brisbane on 24 May 1915. His unit embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A55 Kyarra 16 August 1915. John was killed in action in September 1916 at Mouquet Farm near Pozieres. He died age 25.