Valentine Frederick William OSCAR

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OSCAR, Valentine Frederick William

Service Numbers:	6419, 6149
Enlisted:	27 October 1916, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, 1885
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Law Clerk
Died:	Templestowe, Victoria, 10 June 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment A, Section 6, Grave 02.
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World War 1 Service

27 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6419, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 6419, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6419, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
16 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6149, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to both legs. Left leg later amputated. Embarked for England on 30 September 1917 aboard HS Brighton.
20 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6419, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Caroline Street, South Yarra, Victoria

Son of Henry Oscar and Mary Rebecca Oscar nee Lee of Melbourne, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his aunt Jane A. Devine of Kent Street, Flemington, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 March 1919 aboard HS Czaritza then transhipped to HT Dunluce Castle disembarking on 15 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Valentine married Catherine O'Keeffe in Victoria.

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