Douglas OASTLER

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Service Number:	54020
Enlisted:	30 April 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1898
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1968, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:

30 Apr 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54020, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 54020, 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, 54020, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney
27 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, From reinforcements
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 54020, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of James Oastler and Annie Jane Oastler of Turner Street, Balmain, NSW.

Brother of Wallace (Walter) Oastler who returned to Australia on 9 August 1919 having served with the 55th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 5 September 1919

Medal: British War Medal

During 1920c Douglas married Phebe Sansom in Balmain, NSW.