Oswald Leaman WHAITES

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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

17 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 2nd Infantry Battalion
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked 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: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1006, 1st Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres

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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