BROCK, Oscar William
| Service Number: | 3431 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1898 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1977, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 22 NW. 31. |
| Memorials: | Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Newcastle East Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3431, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3431, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3431, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney | |
| 25 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3431, 35th Infantry Battalion, discharged medically unfit on the 26th March 1919. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
47 years ago today, on the 5th December 1977, Private Oscar William Brock, 35th Battalion (Reg No-3431), carter from 6 Wolfe Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 79. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 22 NW. 31.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 30th November 1898 to Charles Edward Snr, died 26.7.1921, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 45? or 55?, buried at ANGLICAN 1-09. 56, from 6 Wolfe Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, and Louisa Brock nee May, died 20.2.1953, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 83, mother of 5 daughters & 5 sons, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-09. 56, from 6 Wolfe Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 159 King Street, Newcastle, N.S.W.; husband of Mary Adelaide Brock nee Cannon, married 26.1.1965, Hamilton, N.S.W., (Oscar 66 years of age), died 4.4.1977, age 80, sleeping here, Oscar enlisted on the 16th April 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on the 2nd August 1917.
Admitted to hospital at sea 17.8.1917 (diarrhoea), 1.5.1918 (influenza), 10.5.1918 (appendicitis, severe), 7.9.1918 (gastroenteritis, severe).
Granted furlough from 6.6.1918 to 20.6.1918 and 11.10.1918 to 25.10.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 8.1.1919.
Oscar arrived home invalided on the 20th February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 26th March 1919.
Mr. Brock’s name has been inscribed on the Glen Innes District First World War Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial and the Newcastle East Public School Roll of Honour. Nothing located as to why Oscar has been associated with Glen Innes.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Oscar’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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