BOSGARD, Athelstan Kendall
| Service Number: | NX34874 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Enmore, New South Wales, Australia, 8 February 1914 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua , 27 November 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot A7, Row B, Grave 8. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted NX34874 | |
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| 1 Aug 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant | |
| 19 Jun 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain | |
| 27 Nov 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Athelstan Kendall BOSGARD was born in Enmore, Sydney on 8th February, 1914
His parents were Laurits BOSGARD & Eleanora WHITTINGHAM who married in St Johns Church, Darlinghurst, Sydney on 8th October 1903
He enlisted in Paddington on 29th June 1940 & was promoted to Lieutenant on 1st August, 1940 and to Captain on 19th June 1942
Athelstan was Killed in Action at Buna, Papua New Guinea on 27th November, 1942 and was buried in Soputa War Cemetery and later reinterred in Bomana War Cemetery
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His father Laurits BOSGARD (previously BAADSGAARD) came from Denmark and served in the Australian Army Medical Corp during WW1 as a dentist - he returned to Australia in 1917 (SN 996)
His brother Donald Gordon BOSGARD (SN NX79163) served in the Army during WW2 - discharged 12th July, 1946 (2/9th Infantry Battalion)
Another brother Peter Whittingham BOSGARD (SN PX9) was also in the Army during WW2 and was discharged on 22nd November, 1945 (2/15th Battalion)
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