Athelstan Kendall BOSGARD MID

BOSGARD, Athelstan Kendall

Service Number: NX34874
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
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World War 2 Service

29 Jun 1940: Enlisted NX34874
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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Biography 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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