Oswald George MCNICOL

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MCNICOL, Oswald George

Service Number:	645
Enlisted:	24 August 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 18 November 1883
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Miner's Phthisis, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 March 1931, aged 47 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 645, 9th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 645, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 645, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 645, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, B Coy
14 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 645, 9th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Suez on B172 Thermistocles for Australia
19 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 645, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Born George Oswald Beer McNichol, Oswald was the 2nd of 7 children of William McNicholand Ellen Janet Beer. Prior to enlisting in the AIF in 1914, Oswald had served for over 12 years in the Colonial Militia B Coy 4th Infantry. Oswald married Florence Isabel Ruth Shanks in January 1908 in Gympie QLD

A miner in Gympie QLD prior to enlisting, Oswald returned to Gympie where he worked as a Miner following his Discharge in 1916.

By 1919 Oswald and his family moved to Brisbane, QLD where he was employed as a Conductor until his death from Miner's Phthisis in 1931

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