Oswald Oakville UPTON

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Service Number:	6817
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia, 10 March 1892
Home Town:	Grose Vale, Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 12 April 1977, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section Monumental Lawn, Row 24, Grave 477
Memorials:	Richmond War Memorial

8 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6817, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6817, 13th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney

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Son of Sloper Edwin Upton and Ellen Upton nee Morris of Grose Vale, NSW.

11 July 1916 - enlisted at Wilberforce, NSW, with the 13th Battalion and with the rank of Private.

11 April 1917 - wounded in action. Slight wound to the right foot. Transferred to England aboard HS Autrim on 20 April 1917.

23 August 1917 - wounded in action for the second time. Shrpanel wounds to the left arm and shoulder. Transferred to England abard HS St. Denis

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 4 January 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

2 July 1918 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding.

During 1927c Oswald married Kathleen Clarice Connaughten in Glebe, NSW