Regimental number | 7533 |
Place of birth | Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Gilles St Public School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Other training | Business College, Adelaide, SA |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Reporter |
Address | Grange, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, J M Oswald, Sea View Road, Grange, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Served in the Junior and Senior Cadets, and in the Citizen Military Forces (Compulsory Military Training scheme). |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Merris, France |
Age at death | 20.2 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | La Kreule Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 20), Hazebrouck, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 60 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John McDonald and Helen OSWALD, Sea View Road, Grange, South Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Cousins: Lt Cecil William Orlando OSWALD, 27th Bn, killed in action, Mont St Quentin, France, 31 August 1918; Captain George Harry OSWALD MC, 43rd Bn, died of wounds, St Quentin, France, 1 September 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |