Albert OSTLER

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Service Number:	2133
Enlisted:	5 April 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Janmouth, England, 1895
Home Town:	Rawdon Island, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Wauchope Rawdon Island School and District Honour Roll

5 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2133, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2133, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
6 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 34th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Transferred to England on 13 June 1917 aboard HS Warialda
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 34th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the fingers. Invalided to England on 7 April 1918
31 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 34th Battalion
12 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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

Brother of Alfred George Ostler who returned to Australia on 10 August 1919 having served with the 33rd Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking 28 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1951c Albert married Violet Frances Tisdell in NSW