Ernest OSWALD

Ernest OSWALD Update Details

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Service Number:	2868
Enlisted:	4 October 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1886
Home Town:	Collie, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Wellington, Western Australia, 1936, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Collie General Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials:

4 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2868, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2868, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2868, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
3 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2868, 44th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left leg. Embarked for England on 9 August 1917 aboard HS Panama
9 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2868, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Federal Hotel, Collie, WA.

Son of William Oswald and Catherine Oswald of Wallsend, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 16 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Ernest married Rebecca McLeod in Perth, WA