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Oswald Bowden ANDERSON

Regimental number1905
Place of birthArarat, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPlumber
AddressTrafalgar, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMrs M J Anderson, Trafalgar, Victoria
Enlistment date13 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 August 1918
Date of death9 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Special Memorial No. 18), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Oliver and Mary ANDERSON; husband of Dorothy GLYNN (formerly ANDERSON), "Leytonstone", 7 St. Bernard's Road, Alphington, Victoria

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