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Oliver Gordon ASBURY

Regimental number4985
Place of birthBeechworth, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressCumberland, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 6.5"
Weight118 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Emma H Asbury, 38 Donegal Street, Kensington, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board A45 Bulla on 24 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Anzac Corps School
FateReturned to Australia 10 September 1917
Discharge date4 March 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 23 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 24 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 29 September 1916; marched into 2nd division Base Depot, Etaples, 1 October 1916.

Transferred to 32nd Bn, 13 October 1916; taken on strength, 32nd Bn, in the field, 15 October 1916.

Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, and transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station (sore feet); to 2nd General Hospital, Havre, 21 November 1916; to Reinforcements Camp, Havre, 29 November 1916 (onychia)to 5th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 10 December 1916.

Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Eatples, 30 December 1916 (knee joint); transferred to 6th Convalescent Depot, 12 January 1917 (old wound, knee); to 5th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 18 January 1917.

Marched out to Headquarters, 1st Anzac Corps, 27 March 1917.

Admitted to 5th Division Rest Station, 5 June 1917 (cardiac); transferred to 9th Casualty Clearing Station, 7 June 1917; to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 9 June 1917; to England, 13 June 1917, and admitted to Lewisham Military Hospital, 15 June 1917 (disordered action of the heart); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 4 July 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 7 July 1917.

Taken on strength, 1st Anzac Corps School, 20 May 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 10 September 1917 (tachycardia); discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 4 March 1918.

War service: 1 year 343 days (of which 1 year 139 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 September 1932
Place of burialWest Terrace Cemetery
SourcesNAA: B2455, ASBURY Oliver Gordon

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