Oswald James GIBSON

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Service Number:	3070
Enlisted:	2 January 1917, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 12 January 1878
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 1 August 1954, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Melaleuca, Shrub 77
Memorials:

2 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3070, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane, Qld.
10 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 3070, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 3070, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boorara, Melbourne
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3070, 38th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Killed in action

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Son of James GIBSON and Mary Jane nee BETTS, Hope Street, Cooktown, Queensland.

Husband of Edith Madeleine GIBSON