LAWSON, Oscar
| Service Number: | 1606 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 26 January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Malta, 18 September 1915, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row XI, Grave No. 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1606, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1606, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1606, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Oscar Lawson was born in Tasmania, but enlisted in Sydney during April 1915, and his address was Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. His widowed mother, Mrs. Wilhemina Lawson, lived in Launceston, Tasmania, Oscar’s father having died during 1905.
Oscar Lawson was wounded in action 28 August 1915, during the attack on Hill 60 by the newly arrived 18th Battalion on Gallipoli. He sustained gunshot wounds to his buttock and chest, and though evacuated, he died of wounds at Malta over three weeks later on 18 September 1915.
His older brother, 2106 Pte. Albert Bernard Leslie Lawson 38th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action on 12 October 1917, aged 34.
Another brother, 616 Harry Lawson enlisted with the 1st Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia during 1919.
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