LEST WE FORGET
Second Lieutenant Theo FELSTEAD
Service No: 106
Born: Balaclava VIC, July 1892
Enlisted in the Army: 1 February 1916
Unit: No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Illness, Melbourne, 16 January 1918, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Brighton General Cemetery, Brighton VIC
CWGC Additional Information: No additional information
Place of Association: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Second Lieutenant Felstead was returned to Australia on 23 July 1917 on medical grounds. He died at No. 11 Australian General Hospital of Nephrostomy, Shock and Heart Failure on 16 January 1918.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, FELSTEAD T
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