Back to The 265

William Costello

Name on Board W Costello
Name on Service
Records
William  Costello
Enlistment Age 25
Occupation Driver
Place of Birth Healesville, Vic
Next of Kin Mary Ellen Costello
Address Oakleigh Convent, Oakleigh, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 21/02/1916
Service No. 1679
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 4/04/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Euripides A14
Unit on Embarkation 57th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 9/08/1918
Unit on Death 59th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Harbonnieres, France (Initially buried near Harbonnieres and Corbie. Exhumed from original grave and reinterred)
Cemetery or Memorial Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France
Additional Information William Costello's service records note his brother lived at 22 Wilkins St, Newport, Vic
Featured Servicemen
  • George Alexander
    Age:
    GA McInnes
    McInnes
    19
    Labourer, Locomotive Branch, Newport Railway Workshops
    Portrait
    Biography
  • Geoffrey Molyneux
    Age:
    GM Ogden
    Ogden
    19
    Law Student
    Portrait
    Biography
  • Gerald
    Age:
    A Calcutt
    Calcutt
    24
    Bank Clerk (Bank of New South Wales)
    Portrait
    Biography