Oscar Haines (Tom) ROSSER

Service Number:	876
Enlisted:	16 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Kapunda, South Australia, 13 November 1892
Home Town:	Kapunda, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Marrickville, New South Wales, 4 September 1961, aged 68 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Port Augusta St Augustine's Church Memorial Honor Roll

16 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
16 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 876, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 876, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 876, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 876, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
10 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 876, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Adelaide

Biography contributed by Carolyn Rosser

Born 13 November 1892 in Kapunda, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 511 Page: 295 District: Kap.)

Father Thomas William ROSSER
b. 8/2/1853 St Bride's Minor, Glamorganshire, WALES - d. 27/6/1917 (64 years)
buried in: Kalgoorlie Cemetery, WA

m1. GRACE BOWDEN (d. 1874)

Son            Thomas John Rosser (d. 1/9/1872)
Daughter   Mary Catherine Rosser
                 (b. 28/8/1873-Tynewydd Row, Llangeinor, WALES - d. 22/11/1876 Kapunda, SA)

m2. MARGARET JONES, in District of Bridgend in Glamorganshire, Wales
Magaret died 1/8/1879 in Kapunda, SA

Daughter Alice Rosser - b. 1876 - d. 15/8/1959
Daughter Rachel Rosser - b. 8/1/1878 Kapunda, SA - d. 14/2/1879 Kapunda, SA
Daughter Jane Rosser - b. 21/6/1879 Kapunda SA - d. 9/12/1879 Kapunda, SA

m3. 20/11/1880 to Mother Emma Haines (25 years) at her mother's home, Kapunda, SA.

Mother EMMA (nee HAINES)
b. 13/10/1855 Tea Tree Gully - d. 1/5/1901 in Kapunda Hospital,
from Acute Rheumatism and Pericarditis
buried in Kapunda General Cemetery, Kapunda, SA
(Names on headstone: ROSSER, Emma & Amy & Thomas & Mark Spencer)

Siblings:
Sister    Amy Rosser
              (b. 29/3/1882 Kapunda SA - d. 20/12/1900 Home, Kapunda)
               died of Cerebrospinal Meningitis
Brother   Ifor Haines Rosser
               (b. 3/7/1883 Kapunda SA - d. 23/9/1901 Boulder, SA)
               buried in Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Kalgoorlie, WA
Sister      Hannah Flower Rosser
               (b. 28/7/1885 Kapunda SA - d. 22/5/1961 North Unley, SA)
               buried in Enfield Memorial Pk, Clearview, SA
Brother   Mark Spencer Rosser
               (b. 21/12/1886 Kapunda, SA - d. 9/1/1923 Hindmarsh, SA)
               buried in Kapunda, SA
Brother   James Cyril Christopher Rosser
               (b. 25/9/1888 Kapunda, SA - d. 5/9/1942 Adelaide, SA) buried in Mitcham Cemetery, SA

Brother   Edres (Ted) Haines Rosser
               (b. 2/10/1890 - d. 5/10/1968 Prospect, SA)
                cremated at Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA
                Sutton Court, Wall 1, Niche E028

***OSCAR (Tom) - b. 13/11/1892

Brother    6895 Private David Lewis Rosser
               (b. 22/7/1894 Kapunda, SA - d. 9/4/1967 REPAT Hospital, Daw Park, SA)
                last lived at Richmond, SA
                cremated at Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA
        ***   RSL, Wall 132, Niche A003

Next of kin in service:
Cousin:
3697 Arthur Tennyson Brown
        (see link "The Edmonds Family Tree", under War Service, Supreme Sacrifice)
         b. 16/11/1892 Port Pirie SA (son of Harry Brown & Elvina Jane Pitcher)
          12/8/1915 enlisted
        2/12/1915 embarked on board RMS Malwa, from Outer Harbour SA
         as a Private in 10th Infantry Battalion
          d. 26/8/1918, buried in Heath Cemetery, Plot VII, Row F, Grave No. 10, France

1995   James Thomas (known as Tom by family & friends) Clarke
          (see link "The Edmonds Family Tree", under War Service, Supreme Sacrifice)
          b. 12/1882 in Brighton, Sussex, England
         (son of James Thomas Clarke & Mary Ann Eliza Aspenwall)
          25/9/1915 enlisted
          7/2/1916 embarked on board HMAT A28 Miltiades, from Outer Harbour
          as a Private, 52nd Battalion
          d. Killed in Action 20/7/1916 Pozieres, no known grave
          commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France

1st embarkation
Described as 22 years 6 month old; single; 5' 10" tall; 156 lbs; fair complexion;
grey eyes; brown hair; Baptist, living at Jervois Street, Port Augusta, SA.

15/12/1914 Completed medical at Oaklands, fit for service

16/12/1914 Enlisted at Oaklands, South Australia

31/1/1915 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 4th reinforcements

1/2/1915       Commanding Officer appointed Oscar to 4th reinforcements,
                     3rd Light Horse Regiment, Morphettville Camp

20/2/1915     Married Florence Marjorie (Queenie) Rosser (nee McConnal) 19 years,
                    at St Augustine Church, in Port Augusta, SA.

Florence lived at Jervois Street, Port Augusta, SA.

1st embarkation

1/4/1915      Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide on board HMAT Port Lincoln A17
                    as a Private in the 1st Light Horse Brigade, 3rd Light Horse Regiment,
                    14th reinforcements

15/8/1915     returning to Australia on board HMAS Thermistocles, ex Suez, Egypt
                    with Hernia
9/9/1915       disembarked into Australia

25/9/1915 Had a daughter - Doris Avis Rosser

6/1/1916 discharged to duty and allotted to 3rd Light Horse Regiment,
14th reinforcements

2nd embarkation
Described on enlisting as 23 years old; married; 5' 10 1/2" tall; 10 stone 3 lbs;
fair complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; Church of England; living in Adelaide, SA.

10/2/1916     Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, on board HMAT Warilda A69
                    as a Private in the 1st Light Horse Brigade, 3rd Light Horse Regiment,
                    14th reinforcements

7/3/1916 taken on strength into 1st Light Horse Regiment, Helipolis

10/6/1916     taken on strength of Regiment from details, Romani
                    Imperial School of Instruction - Zeitoun
                    Qualified as First Class Gunner
                    24th Lewis Gun course
                    31st Hotchkiss course
11/9/1917     1st Class Gunner

11/4/1918     Gun shot wound left arm
                    admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance
                    transferred to Anzac Rec Station
14/4/1918     transferred to 66th Casualty Clearing Station
                    transferred to 76th Casualty Clearing Station
15/4/1918     transferred to 45th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, Egypt
17/4/1918     admitted 44th Stationary Hospital, with gun shot wound left arm
                    and fractured humerus
19/4/1918     admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, Egypt

11/7/1918 Embarked on board HT Port Darwin at Port Said
12/7/1918 returned to Australia on board HT Port Darwin, ex Suez, Egypt

23/12/1918 discharged from service in AIF

Total service in AIF: 4 years 10 days (3 years 59 days overseas)

Medals:
1914-15 Star (7184); British War medal (2829); Victory medal (2802)

Died: (TBC)

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 25/4/2015.
Amended 22/2/16 by Carolyn Rosser.

Lest we forget.