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Oswald Ivan REA

Regimental number1730
Place of birthSouth Grafton, New South Wales
SchoolGrafton High, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStudent
AddressSpring Street, South Grafton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, George John Rea, Spring Street, South Grafton, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets.
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 23), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
89
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Jessie REA, Ryan Street, South Grafton, New South Wales
Family/military connections3 brothers: one killed in action.

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