CASTLES, Charles
| Service Numbers: | V144997, VX126944 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1903 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 23 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V144997, Convalescent Depots | |
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| 22 Jul 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V144997, Convalescent Depots | |
| 23 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX126944, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit | |
| 13 Mar 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX126944, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby on board Canberra | |
| 11 Apr 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX126944, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, embarked Lae for Sydney on board Katoomba | |
| 26 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX126944, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sergeant Charles Castles (Service Nos:V144997/VX126944) initially served in the ACMF, enlisting on 23 December 1941 in Melbourne as a Private - graded Nursing Orderly - attached to 107 Convalescent Unit. By 23 July 1943 he was a Sergeant attached to 30 Camp Hospital Ballarat when he transferred 'in the field' to the AIF. Sergeant Castles served in New Guinea (13 March 1944 - 11 April 1945) with Australian New Guinea Administrative (ANGA) Unit, and was Discharged on 26 July 1945.
Charlie was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1903, only son of Charles Castles (b1871 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Mary Tatt. Charles Snr (a Labourer) died in 1910.
Charlie worked as a Salesman/Commercial Traveller in Melbourne where, in 1929, he married Grace (Gracie) Nancy Warren Hosking (b1905 in Melbourne, Victoria) - Gracie was working in Melbourne as a Clerk. Charlie and Gracie settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and Charlie was a Salesman/Commercial Traveller. Charlie died in 1979.