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WICKING, Oswald Mallam
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3293 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Shepparton State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Reporter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, Belgium, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
New Irish Farm Cemetery Plot XXI, Row F, Grave No. 12 (Remains discovered 1921), New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3293, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3293, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3293, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Oswald Wicking was posted missing at Fromelles, 19 July 1916. At a Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, he was pronounced as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
His remains were discovered near Fromelles during April 1921, and a badly damaged identity disc belonging to him was recovered. The remains were buried in the New Irish Farm Cemetery, 45 kilometres away in Belgium, near Ypres.
The disc was returned to Australia and sent to his mother during 1925. She wrote a letter to Base Records in 1925 thanking them for same.