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John CANTELLO

Regimental number3488
Date of birth10 April 1890
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
SchoolCooks Hill, Newcastle and Crown Street Superior Public School, Sydney, NSW; Cooks Hill
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address272 Bridge Road, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Cantello, 272 Bridge Road, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateDied of disease 19 May 1916
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Margaret CANTELLO, "Tonbridge", 54 Walker Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales. Native of Newcastle, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins: Pte Fred Cantello, killed in action in France; Donald Collins, killed in action in France.
Other detailsService in France. Killed in action at St Omer, 19 May 1916
Date of death19 May 1916

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