OST, August Martin Leonard
| Service Number: | 3347 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mount Sylvia, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 12 August 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot II, Row C, grave No. 19. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Gatton Weeping Mother Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3347, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3347, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
August Ost was the son of German Lutheran immigrants to Queensland. His slightly older brother Henry had enlisted during in 1915 and was killed in action near Mouquet Farm with the 49th Battalion during August 1916.
August enlisted well after Henry’s death, during April 1917, and didn’t join his unit on the Western Front until early 1918. He was reported missing in action on 12 August 1918, before it was confirmed he was killed in action on that date.
August and Henry were the sons of August Friedrich Wilhelm and Emilie Laura Ost of Mount Sylvia, near Gatton, Queensland. They were a pioneering family in the district.