William Henry Caple (1875 - 1958)

Born 17 Sep 1875 in Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom

Died 28 Mar 1958 at age 82 in Balranald, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

William Henry Caple was born at Hackney London to George Child Caple and Eliza Caple. William was committed as a ward of the state of Victoria due to neglect in 1882. He was fostered to several families in the Geelong area and released on license also in the Geelong area.^[1]

William Caple is an Anzac who served in the Boer War.

William Henry Caple, Labourer at Melbourne, joined the 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen/Australian Imperial Regiment (A.I.R.) (regimental number 72) and sailed from Port Melbourne on the "Victorian" on 1 May 1900 for South Africa.^[2][3]

William died at Balranald 1958.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ VPRS 4527/ P2 item Boys Receiving House Vol. 5, record page 141 http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewRecord&entityId=090fe27381ea7d5e
2. ↑ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1444849
3. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9539784
4. ↑ Death: New South Wales Births Deaths and Marriages Register 14220/1958
5. ↑ https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/C5256012-F58F-11E9-AE98-477EB0501286