LONSDALE, Oscar
| Service Number: | 2715 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916, Ballart, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Linton, Vic., 1882 |
| Home Town: | Linton, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Linton State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Linton Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honour, Linton Old Lintonians Association Roll of Honor, Linton State School Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2715, 46th Infantry Battalion, Ballart, Vic. | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2715, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2715, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph and Bridget LONSDALE, Linton, Victoria
BALLARAT AND DISTRICT MEN
PRIVATE OSCAR LONSDALE
The sad news has been conveyed by the Rev. R. E. Saunders to Mrs J. Lonsdale, of Linton, that her third son, Pte Oscar Lonsdale, was killed in action on 3rd April. He enlisted on 3rd March, 1916, and sailed with the sixth reinforcements to the 46th Battalion. He was a splendid stamp of Australia soldier, and of bright and cheerful disposition. His younger brother, Pte Steve Lonsdale, is in France on active service. Mr W. R. Rogers, of the Post Office staff, Ballarat, is a brother-in-law of the deceased soldier.