Ellery John Drummond OSWALD

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OSWALD, Ellery John Drummond

Service Number:	14155
Enlisted:	15 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Port Lincoln, South Australia, 12 July 1896
Home Town:	Mount Hope, Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Lipson School, South Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, 23 July 1986, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Charles Newman, Rose Bed CN3, Position 6. Commemorated with a plaque in the Wudinna Cemetery, SA
Memorials:	Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1, Tumby Bay Lipson School Great War

World War 1 Service

15 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14155, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 14155, 5th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 14155, 5th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
25 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 5th Divisional Signal Company
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 14155
10 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 14155, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Drummond Oswald and Jessie Oswald nee Watherson of Mount Hope, Port Lincoln, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on 18 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 25 March 1922 Ellery married Doris Lynn Heath in St Thomas Church, Port Lincoln, SA.

At the time of his death Ellery was residing in Bellevue Heights, SA

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