Carl Oswald BASCHE

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BASCHE, Carl Oswald

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Macleay River, New South Wales. Australia , 4 March 1876
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street HIgh School, Sydney, New South Wales,Australia
Occupation:	Clerk (Treasury)
Died:	Enteric fever, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 16 April 1900, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney St. James Anglican Church New South Wales Army Service Corps Boer War Memorial Tablet

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, The Boer Offensive
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
17 Jan 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Southern Cross, Sydney

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Biography

Carl Oswald BASCHE was born in 1876 in Greenfield, Macleay River, New South Wales

His parents were Carl BASCHE and Emilie WALSHE

He enlisted with the 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles (B Squadron) which served in South Africa in the Boer War

1st NSW Mounted Rifles under the Command of Lieutenant Colonel KNIGHT embarked from Sydney on the ship Southern Cross on 17th January, 1900 & arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on 17th February

Carl died of Enteric Fever in Bloemfontein on 16th April, 1900 aged 24 years

Buried at President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, South Africa

He is also listed on a plaque in St James Anglican Church in King St. Sydney

Further information about this plaque SEE THIS LINK (monumentaustralia.org.au)

Newspaper article:

Lieut. C O BASCHE died of enteric fever aged 24, who had for some time held a position as a Clerk in the Treasury Department but has obtained leave of absence under the circumstances. He joined the Army service corp. as a Private & rose from the rank to his present position. He is an excellent rifle shot and a good rough rider. More -over he is very popular with his regimental comrades

Carl married Eulalie Isabel NETTERFIELD in 1899 in Sydney

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