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| Surname | | CASTINE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Claude Clement |
| Regimental Number | | 16 |
| Rank | | Lance Corporal |
| Unit Name | | 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles |
| State | | SA |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Sergeant.
URL1: photo.
URL2: Queen's South Africa Medal & 5 clasps.
URL3: L/Cpl. an ?agriculturist from Riverton SA, son of Mr. John Wm. CASTINE MP, born 1876 at Auburn, single, 2 years 'C'Coy. 2Bn. Riverton and 1 year Riverton Vol. Force.
URL4: welcomed back to Auburn SA 25.5.1901.
URL5: failed to pass the medical exam [for an Imperial Commission].
URL6: THE RIFLE. NOTES FROM THE RANGES. (By Vernier) What will come as a great surprise to riflemen in this State is the news that Mr. CO CASTINE is resigning his position as Secretary to the officer supervising rifle clubs. Mr. CASTINE has done a wonderful lot of work in furthering the interests of rifle shooting during the last few years, and with his, father (Col. CASTINE) has practically run the District Clubs' Association, which has been the means of bringing into prominence many riflemen, besides fostering the sport all over the State to a degree hitherto unknown. Any one more obliging it was impossible to meet, and captains of rifle clubs throughout South Australia will bear me out in this. As a committeeman of the Adelaide Rifle Club and a member of the council and selection committee of the South Australian National Rifle Association he will leave vacancies that will he hard to fill. Mr. CASTINE will leave about November 25 [1908] to take up his new home on Kangaroo Island, where, through his father, he has secured property. It I will not be altogether new work for him, as he has had experience in agricultural pursuits. Roughing it with survey parties and having been through the war in South Africa has fitted him for anything.
Source:# 1578 CASTINE, Claude Clement. Died 9.8.1938, Magill, South Australia, aged 62 years.
URL7: Mr. Claude CASTINE, secretary of the South Australian Rifle Association, and one of that State's most prominent riflemen, died at his home, Ellis-street, Magill (SA), yesterday after a short illness, aged 62. Serving with the South Australian contingent during the Boer War, Mr. CASTINE rose from the ranks and won a commission. Returning to Adelaide in 1903, he joined the Defence department, and took over part of the organisation of rifle clubs ... More.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 349
Bail: Diaries of Cpl. Herbert Bail, 2SAMR page(s)
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 14.12.1901
Register: The Register newspaper South Australia 27.1.1900 & 28.5.1901
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 9.9.1900
Ad. Observer: Observer newspaper, Adelaide date(s) 7.11.1908
Melb. Age: Melbourne Age newspaper date(s) 10.8.1938
| | External Link URL1 | | www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/collection/B58226.htm | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4871650 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4107473 | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56080251 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14353627 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164119415 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205136673 |
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