Eardley William Drummond OSWALD

Badge Number: 74974, Sub Branch: Prospect
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OSWALD, Eardley William Drummond

    Service Number: 3003
    Enlisted: 18 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Warratta Vale, South Australia, 4 June 1879
    Home Town: Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
    Schooling: Flinders Street Public School, Adelaide; Parkside Public School; Curramulk Public School, South Australia
    Occupation: Camel Dealer
    Died: Parkside, South Australia, 15 March 1936, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
    Light Oval, Row 5S, Grave 37. Interred on 16 March 1936
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3003, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    4 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3003, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
    4 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3003, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Bakara, Adelaide
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Trooper, 3003, 9th Light Horse Regiment
    18 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3003, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edmund Phillipson Gillett Oswald and Caroline Oswald nee King of Port Lincoln, SA.

    Husband of Nina Miriam Oswald nee Bursey of Korumburra, Victoria. Eardley and Nina had married in St Cuthbert Church, Prospect, SA on 8 April 1916

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 10 August 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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