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CASTLE, William James Henry
(Service number 2/1601)

Aliases	Bill
First Rank	(1) Gunner; (2) Bombardier	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	30 October 1890	Place of Birth	Brixton, London, England

Enlistment Information

Date	(1) 12 April 1915; (2) 23 August 1916	Age	(1) 24 years; (2) 25 years
Address at Enlistment	Corner of Woodlans Road and North Street, Timaru
Occupation	Sailor
Previous Military Experience	Royal Naval Volunteer reserve, Britian 1912-1914
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	W. T. CASTLE (father), 120 Manners (or Manor) Street, Clapham, London, England
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	(1) 5th reinforcements; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	(1) New Zealand Field Artillery; (2) New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	(1) 13 June 1915; (2) 2 January 1917
Transport	(10 Aparima; (2) Opawa
Embarked From	(1) Wellington	Destination	(1) Suez, egypt; (2) London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Field Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns	Balkans (Gallipoli); Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Sent to St Patricks Hospital, Malta - dysentery, mumps, measles, cerebral concussion

Post-war Occupations

Harbour Board employee - worked on Timaru dredges; painter

Death

Date	8 March 1962	Age	71 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause	Natural causes; heart attack
Notices	Timaru Herald, 11 March 1962
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 122, Plot 11
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William James Henry Castle, known as Bill, was born in 1890 in England. He married christine Sarah Bennewith in 1919 at St Mary's Church, Timaru. Christine predeceased him and is buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington. Bill also enlisted with the New Zealand Forces in World War Two.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [30 December 2016]

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