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RUSSELL, Oswald John Shaw
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4468 |
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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, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Northam Fallen, Northam Memorial Hospital |
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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 | |
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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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