Jacob OBERHANSLI

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Service Number:	5399
Enlisted:	6 March 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Thurgau, Switzerland, 1 January 1889
Home Town:	Wagin, Wagin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Memorials:

6 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5399, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5399, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
21 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. Shrapnel wound to the left thigh
15 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third occasion
7 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged in London, England. Unit demobilised

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Son of Jakob Oberhansli of Neuwinlen, Canton Thurgau, Switzerland.

Next of kin given as his sister Freda Dutsch of Thurgau, Switzerland.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal