Thomas OYSTON

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Service Number:	4092
Enlisted:	19 June 1916, Enlisted at Barraul Kiama, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dapto, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Dapto, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Saint Lukes Anglican Church Cemetery, Brownsville, New South Wales
Memorials:

19 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4092, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Barraul Kiama, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 4092, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 4092, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
5 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4092, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of George Oyston and Martha Oyston nee Mann of Main Road, Dapto, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Member of the Wollongong RSL Sub Branch

During 1932c Thomas married Violet E. Percival in Campbelltown, NSW