Service Numbers: S25655, SX9947
Enlisted: 30 July 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, SA, 25 December 1913
Memorials: City of West Torrens WW2 Boulevard of Honour
3 Sep 1939: Involvement SN S25655
30 Jul 1940: Involvement Major, SN SX9947, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
30 Jul 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
21 Dec 1945: Discharged
Date unknown: Honoured Military Cross
Item details for: AWM63, 116/500/111
National Archives Australia
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Descendants of :
Ernest William CATCHLOVE was born 19 Feb 1883 in Copper House, Burra, SA and died 06 Oct 1950 in Camden Park, SA. He married Esther May COATS 14 Nov 1912 in Adelaide, SA. She was born 25 Aug 1888 in Upper Sturt, SA and died 29 Jun 1982.
Children of Ernest William CATCHLOVE and Esther May COATS:
i. William Edward Laurence CATCHLOVE was born 25 Dec 1913 in Adelaide, SA and died 23 Sep 2010
ii. Howard Verdun Lemnos CATCHLOVE was born 19 Oct 1915 in New Parkside, SA and died 12 Oct 2001
iii. Esther Barbara CATCHLOVE was born 12 Nov 1916 in Rose Park, SA
iv. Lorna Joan CATCHLOVE was born 29 Nov 1919 in St Peters, SA
Last updated : 10 June 2021
Retired to Kingscote where he opened a draper's shop.
Statewide Publications
Title: Kangaroo Island: The First 200 Years... Book 8
Contents: Book #8 - This is an account of the life of war hero Laurence Catchlove MC who found peace in a drapery business on KI.
http://www.kangarooislandhistory.com/kih/publications.html