HEAWOOD, Edward Oscar
| Service Number: | 1044 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, An original member of G Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia, 27 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Ouse, Central Highlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 8 August 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval Plot I, Row C, Grave 16. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gretna War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1044, 15th Infantry Battalion, An original member of G Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1044, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1044, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1044, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1044 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Oscar Heawood was one of three brothers who served in the AIF during the First World War, all of them enlisting in 1914. His youngest brother 1217 Pte. James Charles Heawood 12th Battalion was killed in action at Gallipoli on the 19 May 1915, aged 22. A third brother, 1529 William John Joseph Heawood 51st Battalion AIF, served at Gallipoli with the 12th Battalion and returned to Australia during May 1918.
They were the sons of William and Eliza Heawood of Ouse, Tasmania.
Edward was shot in the neck about 10 days after landing and evacuated on the hospital ship Dongala. He ended up in England and was being treated in Manchester, England in late May 1915.
He stayed in England until mid-1916 when he was shipped to France. He rejoined his unit on the 27 July 1916, in the midst of the battle for Pozieres, and was reported missing about 10 days later. Ten months later he was confirmed as killed in action by a Court of Enquiry into his death.
For many years his name was down to be placed on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial to Australians who have no known grave.
During 1934 his remains were discovered by the Commonwealth War Graves people, and were confirmed by the presence of his identity tag, which was returned to his family in Tasmania. Edward’s remains were reinterred in the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France.