Oscar ZEHNDER MC

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Service Number:	3089
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, November 1892
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Switchboard Attendant
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 27 December 1984, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3089, Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 3089, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 3089, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
8 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Division Artillery
22 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Division Artillery
8 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, For gallantry and particular attention to duty throughout his service. This Officer left Australia in 1914, and has shown great gallantry on numerous occasions, notably in the operations on the 8th August 1918 when acting as Liaison Officer between the Infantry and the Artillery. In this operation he obtained very valuable information indeed at great personal risk, and it was owing to the information that he obtained that the Brigade was able to follow up the Infantry. He has shown great ability and courage at all times, especially under heavy shell fire in the handling of his Section. London Gazette on 3 June 1919, page 6838, position 52 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 September 1919, page 1371, position 103
20 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of John Charles Zehnder and Marie Zehnder nee Prost of Nullagine, WA formerly of Fitzroy, Victoria.

Brother of Sydney Roy Zehnder who returned to Australia on 5 June 1919 having served with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- R.J. Fitzpatrick of Kalgoorlie, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 11 March 1919.

Medals: Military Cross, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Oscar married Doris Sylvia Bowra in Perth, WA