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BEST, Oswald Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7199 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broke, New South Wales, 28 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Katoomba, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Natural causes, Croydon, New South Wales, 21 August 1961, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7199, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 24 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Apr 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 13 Apr 1918: | Wounded Lance Corporal, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW (thigh) | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, Cessation of hostilities |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
The brother 4979 Pte. Leslie Arthur Best (/explore/people/73081) of Pte Oswald H. Best returned to Australia on the 1 June 1919 and was discharged six weeks later from his period of enlistment with the AIF.
Pte Oswald H. Best's son N252829 Pte. Frederick Jack Best (/explore/people/797188) served part-time with the 10 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corp. from March 1942 until the end of the war.
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