MEAD, Oscar
| Service Number: | 5466 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, 23 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fixer |
| Died: | Natural causes (heart condition), Sydney, New South Wales, 21 January 1961, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5466, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5466, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5466, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5466, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Oscar Mead
Oscar Mead was my grandfather who was a stretcher bearer in the 1st Light Horse in Palestine in WW1. He had a hear condition which prevented him from enlisting in the regular army, but made his contribution by helping take care of the injured and dying. He was a lovely man who suffered greatly from what we now know as PTSD and couldn't talk about his experiences in the war. He died from his heart condition in the early 1960s. My grandmother was an army nurse who also died a few years later. My father, Albert Mead, served in England in WW2 in the RAAF. He was a rear gunner in a Sunderland flying boat in 10 Squadron - Coastal Command. He died of the same heart condition as my grandfather in 1975.
Submitted 7 December 2016 by Christine Tiley
Biography contributed by Christine Tiley
Son of Frederick and Janet (Annie) Mead