O'Toole, Austin Stanley

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Austin Edmund Allen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Toole, Stanley

Service ServiceNumber Number1494 957 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 12th May 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula 26th General Hospital, Estaples, France

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The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

O’Toole, Austin Stanley

SERVICE NO

957

UNIT

20th Battalion “C” Coy

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

26 yrs 11 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Narara, NSW

ADDRESS

Narara, via Gosford

OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

23 Mar 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Father;- James O’Toole, “Taperaville” Narara via Gosford, NSW (Died) Mother;- Jane O’Toole, “Austinville” Hill St. Gosford.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’7¼”. Weight-146lbs. Chest-32-34½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Black.

RELIGION

R/C

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES

Served Gallipoli & France

WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

21 Sept 1915- Dysentery- Gallipoli- 30 Oct –Adm. 5th Gen Hosp Lambeth, Eng. 5 May 1916- GSW Head, Arm & Legs 12 May 1916-2.45 am.- 26th General Hosp. Estaples, France-

BURIED

Estaples Military Cemetery, France. Plot 5 Row C Gve 14

MEDALS

1914-15 Star-17242, British War Medal-20583, Victory Medal-20505. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-311299.

DEPENDANTS

Mother

PERSONAL EFFECTS

9 coins, wristwatch (silver), wrist strap, testament, prayer book, leather pouch, wallet, leather belt, purse, rosary, crucifix, pipe, photos/

WILL

Beneficiary;- Father

CORRESPONDENCE

Mother

Gosford Times 10th September 1915 Narara to Cairo Private Austin O’Toole, son of Mr and Mrs J. O’Toole, of Narara, who recently sailed for the Dardanelles, has written home from the Red Sea, to say that all’s well. During the voyage, a number of flying fish, porpoises and whales were sighted, but they had a run of three weeks before seeing land. Two British, destroyers were passed, and the transport was stopped by a French cruiser. The soldiers’ mascot, a wallaby, was lost overboard a week after leaving Melbourne, and a strange thing about it, remarks Austrin, was that two jackasses, that had remained as solemn as owls ever since leaving Sydney broke out in loud laughter as they saw the wallaby go over the side of the vessel. A postscript adds that the transport had reached Port Suez, nd the soldiers immediately entrained for Cairo. The latter he describes as a beautiful city with better buildings than Sydney. The weather was fearfully hot, yet the troops were in excellent spirits, and were looking forward to the hour when they would be sent to the front.

Gosford Times 22nd October 1915 Mr J. O’Toole of Narara, on Wednesday received a wire from the military authorities stating that his son, Private A.S. O’Toole, had contracted sickness and disembarked at Malta on 18th September from the hospital ship Dunhuche Castle. Gosford Times 19th November 1915 A PROUD RECORD. Mr J. O’Toole, of Narara, has received word, from the military authorities that his son, Private A.S. O’toole, is now in one of the hospitals in London suffering from dysentery. Mr O’Toole has two sons at the front Austin and Lloyd. A third son, Cecil, is now in camp, and the fourth boy, Percy, would also have been wearing khaki but that he developed ptomaine poisoning while in camp, and had to return home. Four sons in a family of six volunteer to serve King and country is a record that should make any parent proud. Gosford Times 10th May 1917 O’TOOLE – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Austin O’Toole, died of wounds in France, 12th May, 1916. Immaculate Heart of Mary your prayers for him extol, Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on his soul.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997854

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