CATTON J.T.

Given Names:  James Thomas

Service Number:  5716 / 749

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 15th reinforcements                                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  25 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4½ In                  

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  32-34½ In

Hair:  Auburn

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  11/4/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Emily Grace Catton

102 Peel Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  25/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  48493

Victory Medal:  47098

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  James CATTON                         

Mother:  Mary ANGELL

MARRIAGE

Year:  1912     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Emily Grace FROST

DEATH

Date or Year: 3/5/1917                            

Place: Bullecourt, France                         

Burial:  No known grave

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Originally joined as No. 749 on 27/9/1915; Mining Corps as a Sapper

Seen in No Man's Land, wounded in the stomach in 2 or 3 places and very bad, and believed could not live

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Aust. National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 340571

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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