Oswald (Oz) GRAY

GRAY, Oswald

Service Number: SX485
Enlisted: 18 October 1939, Clare, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Dora Creek, New South Wales, 5 May 1914
Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Natural causes (myocardial infarction), Dora Creek, New South Wales, 4 May 1998, aged 83 years
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

18 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX485
18 Oct 1939: Enlisted SX485, Clare, South Australia
19 Oct 1939: Involvement SX485
5 May 1940: Embarked SX485, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
31 Dec 1940: Involvement 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
14 Aug 1942: Involvement SX485, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2
24 Oct 1942: Promoted Lieutenant, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
26 Dec 1942: Wounded Lieutenant, SX485, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua, GSW (lumbar)
11 Dec 1944: Discharged Lieutenant, SX485
11 Dec 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX485

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