ILES, Oswald
| Service Number: | 5557 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
| Born: | Dudley, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, , 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Whitebridge Cemetery Charlestown, Lake Macquarie City, New South Wales, Australia. PLOT Gen Old |
| Memorials: | Dudley Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Dudley War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5557, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5557, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Oswald served in France in WWI-discharged 17.02.1919. He was a
Sapper with the 1st Tunnelling Company-Regimental number
5557.
Enlistment 18 May 1916- Charlestown NSW
Age at embarkation-24
Unit name
Tunnelling Companies, October 1916, Reinforcements
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Returned to Australia 4 December 1918
The AIF record stating his birth-place was Dudley, England is incorrect he was born in Dudley, a southern coastal suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.
His mother was Mrs Ann Emma Matilda Rose Iles, Dudley PO, Dudley via Newcastle, New South Wales. [1853-1928]
Father:William Iles 1848–1924
Siblings
William Iles 1873–1937
Reuben Iles 1884–1948
Children-Idris Oswald Iles 1938–1943