Oscar BRAZIER

BRAZIER, Oscar

    Service Number: 399
    Enlisted: 3 March 1915, Perth, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Willunga, South Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Mount Helena, Mundaring, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 October 1917
    Cemetery: Menin Road South Military Cemetery
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Helena Lion Mill Honour Roll, Mundaring War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 399, Perth, Western Australia
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 399, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 399, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
    4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 399, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    29 Jul 1916: Wounded Private, 399, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock
    30 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 399, 28th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele

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    Biography contributed by Suzy Reiche

    Born at Willunga in 1895, Oscar enlisrted at Lion Mill, Western Australia on 3 March 1915 with the 28th Battalion, C Company. He was killed in action on 30 October 1917 at Ypres Belgium and was buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetary (Plot 111 Row B Grave No. 33). Medals: 1913-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Memorial Plaque and Scroll.

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