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Afton CALDWELL

Regimental number16183
Place of birth'Cairn Hill', Young, New South Wales
SchoolYoung Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Susan Caldwell, Cairn Hill, Thuddungra, via Young, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameNovember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll18183
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Company Engineers
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds and buried in the Tyssenthoek Cemetery.
FateDied of wounds 22 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death31
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row G, Grave No. 14), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Family/military connectionsBrother: Cpl Andrew Sloan Caldwell no. 4556 killed at Bapaume 1917.

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