Australian Victoria Cross Recipient
Sergeant Claud Charles Castleton
Unit
5th Machine Gun Company
Born
12 April 1893 at Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, migrating to Australia at the age of nineteen.
Date of action
28 July 1916
Place
Pozieres, France
Details
During an attack on enemy trenches a number of Australian troops were pinned down by machine-gun fire. Most withdrew, but some wounded were left in No Man’s Land. Castleton went out twice and brought in wounded men. While bringing in a third he was hit in the back and killed instantly.
Died
28 July 1916
Buried or Commemorated
Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boiselle, France
Current location of the VC
Australian War Memorial