Philip OSWALD

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Service Number:	7175
Enlisted:	10 August 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edinburgh, Scotland, 1882
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

10 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7175, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 7175, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 7175, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
14 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7175, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gassed.
4 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7175, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of John Oswald and Mary Oswald of Edinburgh, Scotland

Next of kin given as a friend Mary Hawking of Gunalla, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on the 11 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal