FLODIN, Oskar William
| Service Number: | 58698 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Copenhagen, Denmark., October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Woolloomooloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Fireman |
| Died: | Influenza & Pneumonia, Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 22 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England Plot 6, Row F, Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 58698, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
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| 19 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 58698, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 58698, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 22nd October…… Oscar William Flodin was born in October, 1896 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was listed as Crew (Fireman) on “Port Alma” which had left the port of London via Melbourne to Sydney arriving on 27th July, 1917.
Oscar William Flodin enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 20th May, 1918 as a 22 year old, single, Labourer from Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW. He embarked from Sydney, NSW on SS Field Marshal on 19th June, 1918 with 9th Reinforcements & disembarked at London, England on 26th August, 1918.
On 26th August, 1918 Private Flodin was marched in to 14th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire where he would receive further training before being sent to the War Front. He was allotted to Reinforcements of 54th Battalion on 27th August, 1918.
Private Flodin was sent sick to Brigade Clearing Hospital at Codford on 27th August, 1918 & discharged on 30th August, 1918.
He was transferred to Reinforcements of 56th Battalion on 29th September, 1918 then on 7th October, 1918 he was then transferred to Artillery Details and marched out to R.B.A.A. (Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery) at Heytesbury, Wiltshire.
Private Flodin was sent sick to Group Clearing Hospital at Sutton Veny on 18th October, 1918 with Influenza then transferred & admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 19th October, 1918, seriously ill with pneumonia.
Private Oscar William Flodin died at 10.10 a.m. on 22nd October, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Influenza & Pneumonia.
He was buried on 26th October, 1918 in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried as well as 2 Australian WW1 Nurses.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/f---j.html
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