CASTLE, Edric
Service Number: | 235 |
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Enlisted: | 18 October 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Train |
Born: | Botany, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Saddler |
Died: | Pneumonia followed by heart failure, 5th Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 October 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England Section, Row D, Grave 659 Interred on the 28 October 1915, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 235, 1st Divisional Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 235, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
18 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 235, 1st Divisional Train, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John and Katherine Castle of 37 Selwin Street, Moore Park. Paddington, NSW. Brother of Hubert Castle, Penshurst, NSW, Violet Bromfield nee Castle of same address and L. Nixon nee Castle of Ethel Street, Randwick, NSW
31 August 1915 - returned to Australia on board S.S. Wiltshire
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal. Victory Medal