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
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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