Oswald Chorlton

Oswald Chorlton

Personal Information
Date of Birth	Not known
Place of Birth	Heaton-Mersey, Manchester, England
Age at Enlistment	24 years, 2 months
Description	5'3¾" (1.63m) tall ; 139lbs 63.049 kg ; fair complexion ; grey eyes ; fair hair
Occupation	Motorist
Religion	Church of England
Address	c/- Mrs Seddon, Gosnells, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr Chrlton
Military Information
Reg Number	[ 250]
Date of Enlistment	6 Mar 1915
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	28th Battalion, B Company

War Service

Entered Blackboy Hill camp on 6 Mar 1915 and was initially allocated to D Company of the 24h Battalion. At some point his was changed to B Company of the 28th Battalion when it became apparent that the 24th could be filled without taking on Western Australians.

Promoted temporary Corporal on 24 Nov 1915, the rank was confirmed on 18 Feb 1916. On 22 Apr 1916 Oswald was transferred to the 7th Brigade's Trench Mortar Battery. On 1 Oct 1916 he was attached to the 1st ANZAC School of Instruction, and Oswald was promoted to Sergeant Instructor from 24 Jan - 28 Apr 1917 and placed on the Supplementary NCO List. Relinquishing the rank on 25 Apr 1917.

Taken on strength of the School of Instruction on 15 Jun 1917 as a Corporal Assistant Instructor, on 13 Oct 1971 he was detached as a Sergeant tot eh GHQ Bombing & Trench Mortar School. On 13 Apr 1918 he was detached as a temporary Sergeant to the Imperial Division in Rouen, France.

On 17 Oct 1918 Oswald Died of Wounds (bomb wounds to neck & fracture humerus) in the 3rd Australian General Hospital in Abbeville. His wounds resulted from a training accident.

In January 1917 Oswald married Gwendoline E .....

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