AARONS, Frederick Oswald
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF |
| Born: | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 10 January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 5 January 1984, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 3 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 15 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Tatenda Nyaruwe
Aarons Frederick Oswald was born in Grafton, Sydney on 10th January, 1889. He lived with his family at Field Place 2580. Before enlisting, Oswald worked as a farmer.
Oswald enlisted with the AIF on August 24th, 1914 in Sydney and embarked on the ship HMAT Aenaes A60.
Following basic training, Oswald fought in Gallipoli and later in France.
Oswald was wounded in the right eye during and as a result of these wounds, was discharged and sent back to Australia.
After his service, Oswald returned to farming.
At the age of 96, on the 15th of January, 1984, Oswald died of heart failure.
Biography
Prior to Great served 2 years in the New Zealand Field Artillery
9 Nov 1915 to 2nd Lieutenant
1 Sep 1916 to Captain
Taken on strength, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 12 September 1914; 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, 12 November 1915.
Wounded right eye and right shoulder; blinded in the right eye 12 December 1915
Returned to Australia 28 Jan 1916.
Re-enlisted, and re-embarked 2 Oct 1916.
Taken on strength, 102nd Howitzer Battery 10 July 1917.
Return to Australia 1917
HE LOSES AN EYE AND STILL FIT
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