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Oscar Leslie WHALEN

Regimental number5780
Place of birthMacleay River New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressEungai Creek, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J Whalen, Eungai Creek, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Division Ammunition Column
FateReturned to Australia 28 August 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'This man was detailed as an emergency bearer and carried wounded all night on the 4th/5th November, 1916 from the front line to NORTH FLERS Dressing Station under very heavy Artillery and Machine Gun fire, and subsequently cheerfully responded to the call for collecting the wounded from "No Mans Land" Reg. Aid Post, during the performance of which duty one bearer Lieutenant Corporal Fleming was killed and this man himself was severely wounded.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103
Date: 29 June 1917

Date of death27 May 1977

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