CASKEY, James Alfred
Service Number: | SX6496 |
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Enlisted: | 23 June 1940, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 12 August 1917 |
Home Town: | Dry Creek, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Abattoirs and Braund Road Schools, South Australia |
Occupation: | Employed by W H Burford & Sons, Dry Creek |
Died: | Injuries, Australia, 8 November 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Cairns War Cemetery Plot A. Row B. Grave 6. |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Townsville 2/12th Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
23 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, SX6496 | |
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23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX6496, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX6496, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Alfred James Caskey, and Ellen Kathrine Caskey, of Dry Creek, South Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. J. Caskey, of Burford Gardens, Dry Creek, have been advised that their youngest son. Pte. Jim Caskey. died at Charters Towers military hospital on November 8. He was educated at Abattoirs and Braund road schools, and played football for Kilburn. In June. 1940, he enlisted with the AIF and saw action in the Middle East and New Guinea areas. Before his enlistment he was employed by W. H. Burford & Sons. Dry Creek.