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OSWELL, John Ellis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 38067 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 April 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Terang, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College & Dookie College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 26 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXX11, Row E, Grave 3A. Headstone inscription reads: He lives whom we call dead |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Melbourne Wesley Collegians Honour Roll, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38067, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 38067, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 38067, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From Field Artillery Brigades | |
| 22 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 38067, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wounds to the head, back and arm. | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 38067, 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 38067 awm_unit: 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick John Alford Oswell and Mary Jane Oswell nee Gubbins of Merri Vale, Boorcan, Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal