OSWALD, John Lawson
| Service Number: | 7533 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 26 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gilles Street Public School and Adelaide Business College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 June 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck I F 20 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Henley Fulham Uniting Church Supreme Sacrifice Roll WW1, Penong Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7533, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7533, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7533, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7533, 10th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John McDonald Oswald and Helen Oswald, of Sea View Road, Grange, South Australia.
HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS NO MAN COULD DO MORE
Pte. Jack L. Oswald, of the 10th BattaFix this textlion, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Oswald, Grange, was killed in action in France on June 28. He was 20 years of age, and enlisted in October last. For three years prior to that he had been engaged in newspaper work in Adelaide, and had a promising literary career.
OSWALD.—On the 28th June, in France, 7533, Private J. L. (Jack), 10th Battalion, A. I. F., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Oswald, Grange, brother of Vera, Gladys, and Jim; also grandson of the late James and Isabella Lawson, of Gawler, and cousin of Captain G. H. Oswald, M. C., 43rd Battalion, and Lieutenant C. W. O. Oswald, 27th Battalion, A. I. F., abroad, aged 20 years.
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