| Accession Number | P09291.230 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of 3526 Private Leslie Gordon Castle, 32nd Battalion. A farmer from ...
Description
Informal portrait of 3526 Private Leslie Gordon Castle, 32nd Battalion. A farmer from Blanchetown, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 12 August 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat for Devonport, England. After training in England he joined his battalion on the Western Front near Guillemont, France. Whilst on leave in England during February 1918 he was hospitalised due to illness and did not rejoin his unit until mid-June 1918. Pte Castle was killed in action near Amiens, France, on 20 June 1918 and is interred in the Serre Road Cemetery No 2. He was aged 24 years. His younger brother, 3525 Pte George William Castle, enlisted and embarked with his older brother and was wounded in action near Amiens on 25 June 1918. He was evacuated to England for treatment and did not see further action before being repatriated to Australia for discharge, medically unfit, on 6 April 1919.