John Ellis OSWELL

OSWELL, John Ellis

Service Number: 38067
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
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World War 1 Service

5 Apr 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38067, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
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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Biography 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