Oswald VILLANI

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Service Number:	3955
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tinsmith
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 September 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria New Lawn Area East, Section A, Row O, Grave 26.
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3955, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3955, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
5 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left hand.
1 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right leg
23 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of John (Giussppe) Villani and Alice Oswald Villani nee Blair of Sandilands Street, South Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1918 aboard HS Karcoola disembarking on 10 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Oswald married Ada Adeline East in Victoria