WEMYSS, Oswald Stewart
| Service Number: | 802 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Dalby, Queensland E Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | St. Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 802, 15th Infantry Battalion, Dalby, Queensland E Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 802, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, 802, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 802, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 802 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Oswald Stewart WEMYSS was born in South Melbourne in 1883
His parents were Arthur Charles WEMYSS and Mary Jane JOHNSON who married in 1881 in Victoria
He had previous service for 3 years with the Rifle Club at Stuart Mill in Victoria before he enlisted in Dalby, Queensland on 21st September, 1914 as a Private with the 15th Infantry Battalion - he embarked with E Coy on 22nd December, 1914 from Melbourne on the HMAT Ceramic
Oswald was Killed in Action on 29th April, 1915 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Lone Pine Memorial, the Australian War Memorial and the Dalby Honour Roll in Queensland
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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His cousin Private George WEMYSS (SN1986), 23rd Battalion was also Killed in Action on 3rd May, 1917
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