Alfred George OSTLER

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Service Number:	2639
Enlisted:	29 July 1916, Enlisted at Wauchope, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwick, Norfolk, England, 1898
Home Town:	Wauchope, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Wauchope Rawdon Island School and District Honour Roll

29 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Wauchope, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2639, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2639, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 36th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face. Embarked for England on 13 June 1917
8 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 36th Battalion
5 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, From 35th Battalion
4 Dec 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Alfred John Ostler and Minnie Honor Ostler nee Wilkerson of Rawdon Island, Wauchope, NSW.

Brother of Albert Ostler who returned to Australia on 28 June 1919 having served with the 35th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking 10 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Alfred married Alma Ivy Eames in Port McQuarie, NSW