KIESEWETTER, Oscar Leonard
| Service Number: | 4563 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 February 1916, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eudunda, South Australia, 13 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Eudunda Public School |
| Occupation: | Station Hand/Barman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Somme, France, 5 November 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4563, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4563, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide |
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"...4563 Private Oscar Lennard Kiesewetter, 27th Battalion, of Broken Hill, NSW. A station hand and barman prior to enlisting in February 1916, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide onboard HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 25 March 1916. Pte Kiesewetter arrived in Alexandria in May 1916 and joined his unit in France on 23 September 1916. Pte Kiesewetter was killed in action on the Somme, France, on 5 November 1916. He was 24 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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