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Oswald Lewis RAYMOND

Regimental number3182
Place of birthGladstone, South Australia
SchoolPort Pirie Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCivil servant
AddressNorth Unley, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinFather, William Henry Raymond, Robert Street, North Unley, South Australia
Enlistment date6 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Karmala on 8 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 13 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPalestine
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialDeir El Belah War Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 78), Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Caroline RAYMOND, Robert Street, Unley, South Australia. Native of Gladstone, South Australia.Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.~
Other detailsWar service: Egypt, Palestine

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