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Lance Corporal William Herbert Gasterstadt

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Lance Corporal William Herbert Gasterstadt

Birth
Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia
Death
28 Jun 1945 (aged 26)
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Burial
Port Moresby, National Capital District, National Capital, Papua New Guinea Add to Map
Plot
Plot C1. Row B. Grave 23.
Memorial ID
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~GASTERSTADT, William Herbert_Australian Military Forces_AMF_Army_World War Two. (Service).~
Parents……William James Ernest Gasterstadt and Cecilia Margaret Sing married 1910 in Victoria.
Australian Army Service No……VX135628
Religion……Church of England
Trade/Calling……Farm Labourer
Marital status……single
Next of kin……Father, Mr Victor Gasterstadt, C/- Post Office, Ballarat, Victoria.
Enlisted......13th February 1943 in Cooroy, Queensland.
Final Rank......Lance Corporal
Final Posting...... 58/59 Australian Infantry Battalion, AMF
Fate......Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 28th June 1945.
Commemorated...... Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Final Burial......Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
~GASTERSTADT, William Herbert_Australian Military Forces_AMF_Army_World War Two. (Service).~
Parents……William James Ernest Gasterstadt and Cecilia Margaret Sing married 1910 in Victoria.
Australian Army Service No……VX135628
Religion……Church of England
Trade/Calling……Farm Labourer
Marital status……single
Next of kin……Father, Mr Victor Gasterstadt, C/- Post Office, Ballarat, Victoria.
Enlisted......13th February 1943 in Cooroy, Queensland.
Final Rank......Lance Corporal
Final Posting...... 58/59 Australian Infantry Battalion, AMF
Fate......Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 28th June 1945.
Commemorated...... Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Final Burial......Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Inscription

VX135628 LANCE CORPORAL
W. H. GASTERSTADT
58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION
28TH JUNE 1945 AGE 26
"HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE'

Gravesite Details

William Herbert Gasterstadt, 58/59 Australian Infantry Battalion, AMF, # VX135628.



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