Percy OSWIN

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Service Number:	84
Enlisted:	3 October 1914, Enlisted at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Salby, Leicestershire, England, 1894
Home Town:	Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Noble Park, Victoria, Australia, March 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated service held on 14 March 1974 with ashes being scattered at the cemetery
Memorials:

3 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 84, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
28 May 1915:	Involvement 84, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked 84, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
14 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 84, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Full name Percy Walter Oswin but served as Percy Oswin.

Son of Arthur Oswin and Agnes Oswin nee Hayward of Salby, England

Next of kin given as Mrs Gradridge of Campbell Street, Northam, Southampton, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 May 1919 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 21 June 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1923c Percy was residing in Benjamin Street, Sunshine, Victoria