POSTLETHWAITE, Owen
| Service Number: | 1415 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Ballarat, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Clunes, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll, State School Ullina No 763 Roll of Honor |
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Owen Postlethwaite, aged 33, enlisted in the AIF at Ballarat on 2 August 1915. He embarked overseas on 23 November and arrived in Egypt in January 1916, where he was transferred to the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance on 20 January. He was promoted to Driver on 29 March 1916.
He saw action during the defence of the Suez Canal at the Battle of Romani on 4 – 5 August 1916, and then again at Magdhaba on 23 December 1916. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 17 March 1917 and a month later, on 25 April, he was transferred to the 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
He was promoted to Sergeant on 3 May and saw further action at the Battle of Beersheba, in which the 4th Light Horse Brigade was heavily involved, on 31 October 1917.
On 28 May 1918, he was transferred to the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital at Moascar, Egypt, until 22 August 1918 when he was transferred to the 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance, also in Egypt. On 3 December 1918, he was promoted to Warrant Officer Class I.
He departed Egypt on 26 July 1919 and arrived back in Melbourne on 29 August, where he was formally discharged from the AIF on 21 October 1919.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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