o'toole, austin stanley
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Service Number 957. Died of Wounds 12th May 1916. 26th General Hospital, Estaples, France.TRANSCRIPT
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
O’Toole, Austin Stanley Service Number 957
Died of Wounds 12th May 1916 26th General Hospital, Estaples, France
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NAME O’Toole, Austin Stanley
SERVICE NO 957
UNIT 20th Battalion “C” Coy
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 26 yrs 11 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Narara, NSW
ADDRESS Narara, via Gosford
OCCUPATION Labourer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 23 Mar 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Liverpool, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Father;- James O’Toole, “Taperaville” Narara via Gosford, NSW (Died) Mother;- Jane O’Toole, “Austinville” Hill St. Gosford.
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’7¼”. Weight-146lbs. Chest-32-34½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Black.
RELIGION R/C
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES Served Gallipoli & France
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 21 Sept 1915- Dysentery- Gallipoli- 30 Oct –Adm. 5th Gen Hosp Lambeth,
Eng. 5 May 1916- GSW Head, Arm & Legs
DIED 12 May 1916-2.45 am.- 26th General Hosp. Estaples, France-
BURIED Estaples Military Cemetery, France. Plot 5 Row C Gve 14
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-17242, British War Medal-20583, Victory Medal-20505. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-311299.
DEPENDANTS Mother
PERSONAL EFFECTS 9 coins, wristwatch (silver), wrist strap, testament, prayer book, leather pouch, wallet, leather belt, purse, rosary, crucifix, pipe, photos/
WILL Beneficiary;- Father
CORRESPONDENCE Mother
Gosford Times 10
th September 1915
Narara to Cairo Private Austin O’Toole, son of Mr and Mrs J. O’Toole, of Narara, who
recently sailed for the Dardanelles, has written home from the Red
Sea, to say that all’s well. During the voyage, a number of flying fish,
porpoises and whales were sighted, but they had a run of three
weeks before seeing land. Two British, destroyers were passed, and
the transport was stopped by a French cruiser. The soldiers’ mas-
cot, a wallaby, was lost overboard a week after leaving Melbourne,
and a strange thing about it, remarks Austrin, was that two jack-
asses, that had remained as solemn as owls ever since leaving Syd-
ney broke out in loud laughter as they saw the wallaby go over the
side of the vessel. A postscript adds that the transport had reached
Port Suez, nd the soldiers immediately entrained for Cairo. The lat-
ter he describes as a beautiful city with better buildings than Sydney.
The weather was fearfully hot, yet the troops were in excellent spirits,
and were looking forward to the hour when they would be sent to the
front.
Gosford Times 22
nd October 1915
Mr J. O’Toole of Narara, on Wednesday received a wire from the
military authorities stating that his son, Private A.S. O’Toole, had
contracted sickness and disembarked at Malta on 18th September
from the hospital ship Dunhuche Castle.
Gosford Times 19
th November 1915
A PROUD RECORD. Mr J. O’Toole, of Narara, has received word, from the military authori-
ties that his son, Private A.S. O’toole, is now in one of the hospitals in
London suffering from dysentery. Mr O’Toole has two sons at the front
Austin and Lloyd. A third son, Cecil, is now in camp, and the fourth
boy, Percy, would also have been wearing khaki but that he developed
ptomaine poisoning while in camp, and had to return home. Four sons
in a family of six volunteer to serve King and country is a record that
should make any parent proud.
Gosford Times 10
th May 1917
O’TOOLE – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Austin O’Toole, died of wounds in France, 12
th May, 1916.
Immaculate Heart of Mary your prayers for him extol, Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on his soul.
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