Career
Caldwell was 24 years old, and a sergeant in the 12th (Ayr & Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. The full citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette of 3 January 1919 (dated 6 January 1919) and read:
He died in Adelaide, South Australia on 6 June 1969 and was cremated then interred with full military honours at the Centennial Park Garden Cemetery, in the Returned & Services League Memorial Wall 130, Niche E012. (Confirmed by personal visit 6 May 2013).