Oswald John Shaw RUSSELL

RUSSELL, Oswald John Shaw

Service Number: 4468
Enlisted: 28 February 1916, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 1893
Home Town: Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Black Watch shaft, France, 27 November 1916
Cemetery: Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot I, Row C, Grave 9 , Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Northam Fallen, Northam Memorial Hospital, Western Australia State War Memorial

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World War 1 Service

28 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4468, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
1 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4468, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Embarked on HMAT 'A69' Warilda from Fremantle --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
27 Nov 1916: Involvement Sapper, 4468, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4468 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-11-27

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