William OYSTON

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Service Number:	729
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Dapto, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Garden Court, Wall of Memory F, Position 126
Memorials:

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 729, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 729, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 729, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 729, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left thigh.
15 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 729, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of George Oyston and Martha Oyston nee Mann of Main Street, Dapto, NSW.

Brother of Thomas Oyston who returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 havibg served with the 30th Battalion.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on 5 July 1915 aboard HT Ballarat disembarking on 3 August 1915

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1917c William married Marion E. Spicer in Camden, NSW