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OOSSOFF, Fedor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 25831 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Sheremetevkoo Sasron, Russia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, September 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment D, Section 4, Grave 03. Interred on 15 September 1942 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 25831, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Driver, 25831, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Driver, 25831, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 24 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 25831, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Wounds to the legs, arm and chest. Invalided to England on 27 August 1917 | |
| 22 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 25831, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Surname sometimes spelt as Oosseff
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Queensberry Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
Son of Meschill Oossoff of Celo Sheremetevkoo, Sezrim Senberck, Russia
Husband of Mary Oossoff nee Knight of Gloucestershire, England. Fedor and Mary married on 8 February 1918 in St. Edward's Church, Palace Street, Hanover Square, London, England. William Foley officiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 25 February 1919 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 13 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal