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Oscar Elijah SINGLETON

Regimental number58849
Place of birthCoonabarabran, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGunnedah, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Height5'9.25"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E E Singleton, Conadilly Street, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 April 1918
Place of enlistmentGunnedah, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th General Service (NSW) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 22 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Eliza Agnes SINGLETON
Discharge date20 September 1919
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 22 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 5 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 20 September 1919.

Death attributed to war service.
Date of death15 April 1938
Age at death47
Place of burialGunnedah Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, SINGLETON Oscar Elijah

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