Edric CASTLE

CASTLE, Edric

Service Number: 235
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
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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: ''
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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Biography 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