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UNDERHILL, Oscar Richard Emanuel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2921 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2921, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2921, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2921, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 59th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 1 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion. At Windmill Hill, England | |
| 18 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Artillery Details | |
| 29 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 2 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , At his own request his rank was reverted to Gunner on 5 April 1918 | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2921, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Wounds to the chest and back. invalided to England on 26 August 1918 | |
| 7 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2921, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Underhill and Ellen Underhill of Sydney, NSW.
Next of kin given as a grandfather Emanuel Rodgers of Eleanor Street, Goulburn, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 20 October 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Oscar married Ethel M. Varcoe in St. Leonards, NSW