Oswald Leaman WHAITES

WHAITES, Oswald Leaman

Service Number: 1006
Enlisted: 17 September 1914
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Company
Born: Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Nambucca Heads, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Burwood Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Shearer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch
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World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1
18 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
21 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1006, 1st Machine Gun Company

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Biography contributed

Oswald Leaman WHAITES was born in Bambucca Heads, NSW in 1894

His parents were William John WHAITES & Emily BAYLDON

His brother William Harold WHAITES (SN 1613) also served during WW1 and was Killed in Action on 23rd February, 1917