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Cato Russel Haughton DEARLOVE

Regimental number2323
Place of birthBlack Springs, South Australia
SchoolState school, University
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27.4
Height5' 7.5"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Janet Lottie M Dearlove, c/o Mrs H Hoare, Milang, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 1 year in the Volunteer Cadets; 3 years in the Cockburn Rifle Club.
Enlistment date22 January 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A55 Itria on 14 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 September 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be Cato Russel Dearlove on NR
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 3A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred DEARLOVE, husband of Janet L.M. DEARLOVE, 4 Second Avenue, St. Peter's, South Australia. NAtive of Black Springs, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousins: 12610 Pte Archibald Sydney DEARLOVE, 11th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 5 July 1919; 12611 Pte Henry DEARLOVE, 11th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 5 July 1919; 474 Thomas Alfred DEARLOVE, 32nd Bn, killed in action, 27 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 26 September 1917 (gun shot wounds, right leg [amputated], right thigh, both arms).

Died of wounds, 11th Stationary Hospital Rouen, 29 September 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DEARLOVE Cato Russel Haughton

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