TOLL, Osmond Harvey
| Service Numbers: | 915, 4807 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1902, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter/Machinist and Engine driver |
| Died: | Natural causes, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1963, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk |
Boer War Service
| 9 Jan 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 915, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 9 Jan 1902: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 915, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
| 16 Jan 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 915, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
| 7 Jul 1902: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
| 13 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 915, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Returned to Australia |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 4807, Charters Towers, Queensland | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 4807, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 4807, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 18 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 4807, 49th Infantry Battalion, Cessation of hostilities |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
The two enlisted sons of Benjamin and Annie Toll (nee Richard) of Charters Towers, Queensland:-
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Toll DSO & Bar (/explore/people/271813) - returned to Australia;
4807 Private Osmond H. Toll - returned to Australia.
Prior to Pte. Osmond Toll re-enlisting for full-time military service during the First World War it appears that he continued part-time regular military service after serving in South Africia in 1902 with the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.
When he returned to Charters Towers he continued serving with the Kennedy Regiment and newspaper articles of the day shows that he was a keen target rifle shooter, often competing throughout North Queensland for his Regiment.
In August 1914 he was mobilised for War Service with the 2nd A.N. & M.E.F. to take part in capture of German held New Guinea. This action was short lived due to the fireman causing trouble on the troopship 'Kanowna', which he was sailing on and it returned to the Port of Townsville prior to dis-embarking in New Guinea. Private Osmond Toll's service for this action lasted a little longer than four weeks.
In November 1916 when Osmond Toll volunteered for military service, he held the rank of 2nd lieutenant of 2A (Charters Towers) area, senior cadets.
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