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John OSWALD

Regimental number647
Place of birthKinghorn, Scotland
SchoolKinghorn School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationIron moulder
Address49 Caversham Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, John Thos Oswald, Kinghorn, Scotland
Previous military service88th Infantry
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFamily migrated to Australia.
FateDied of wounds 2 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death21.7
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave no. 2), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Thomson OSWALD and Isabella Dick CHALMERS, his wife, 49 Caversham Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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