Oscar Amos FLAVEL

Badge Number: 23090, Sub Branch: Tailem Bend
23090

FLAVEL, Oscar Amos

Service Number: 2574
Enlisted: 3 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 15th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Tarcowie, South Australia, 19 August 1881
Home Town: Kingston South East, Kingston, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Tailem Bend, South Australia, 25 February 1959, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Murray Bridge (Adelaide Road) Cemetery, S.A.
RSL Burial Section, Site 58 Burial order number 2496. Oscar was buried on the 26 February 1959 with Re. J. Love officiated
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World War 1 Service

3 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2574, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide
23 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 2574, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 2574, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Driver, 2574, 15th Light Horse Regiment
7 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2574, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged 4 Military District
Date unknown: Wounded 2574

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Flavel and Elizabeth Ann (nee Smith) Flavel; brother of Dinah Flavel, Elizabeth Ann Flavel, May Flavel, Frank Flavel, Mary Bayes Flavel and Daisy Blanche Flavel

Husband of Clara Rosina (nee Lamont) Flavel of Kingston,SE, SA. Oscar and Clara married in Naracoorte on 8 September 1905 at the residence of A.S. Me;drum

Father of Ella Rosina Flavel, Eileen Harriett Eliza Flavel, Doreen Lynda Flavel, Annie Bernice Flavel and Adeline May Flavel

27 December 1917 - to hospital with Diptheria

26 July 1919 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Dongola disembarking on 23 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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