CATO, Reginald John
| Service Number: | 2402 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Corowa, Corowa Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery I. H. 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corowa War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Rutherglen War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2402, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2402, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Reginald John CATO was born at Narrandera, NSW, on 10 August 1895. His parents lived at Corowa, NSW. On 13 January 1913 he joined the NSWGR&T as a junior porter in the Junee District of the Railway Traffic Branch. His position changed to junior clerk based at Albury on 13 August 1913 and he was promoted to clerk on 1 September 1916. On 27 April 1916 he was granted leave to join the AIF.
Submitted 22 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Reginald John CATO was born at Narrandera, NSW, on 10th August 1895. His parents lived at Corowa, NSW. On 13th January 1913 he joined the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a junior porter in the Junee District of the Railway Traffic Branch. His position changed to junior clerk based at Albury on 13th August 1913. He was promoted to clerk on 1st September 1916. On 27th April 1916 he was granted leave to join the AIF.
He enlisted in the AIF on 8th May 1916 as a Private (Service Number 2402). He was posted to the 5th Reinforcements and the 56th Infantry Battalion. On his Attestation Paper he nominated his mother, Agnes Cato, as his next of kin. He indicated he had two years of previous Militia Service.
He embarked at Sydney ton HMAT A60 ‘Aeneas’ on 30th September 1916. He arrived in Plymouth in England on 19th November 1916. After completing his training at the 14th NSW Training Battalion he left England for France on 8th February 1917. He Joined the 56th Infantry Battalion on 12th February 1917. It was not long before he was killed in action. This was on 2nd April 1917 at Louverval, France.
After the end of WW I his body was re-interred at Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx, Picardie, France (Plot 1, Row H, Grave 12). Information provided to the Australian War Memorial by his father, who by then was living at Wahgunyah in Victoria, gave his place of association as Corowa, NSW.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.