Frank Eric OBERG

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Service Number:	641
Enlisted:	23 March 1915, 1.5 years 38th Infantry 2.0 years Garrison duty
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney New South Wales, Australia, December 1893
Home Town:	Carlton, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kogarah Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Tailor & Musician
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot I, Row E, Grave 16, Headstone inscription reads: He fell a hero in the strife for King and Country gave his life. Rev. W.M. Holiday officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

23 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 641, 20th Infantry Battalion, 1.5 years 38th Infantry 2.0 years Garrison duty
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 641, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 641, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 641, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 641 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-08
15 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion, Temp CSM 28/2/1918

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Son of Charles Gustave Oberg and Mary Ann Oberg of Redfern, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Marion Watson of Short Street, Carlton, NSW.

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