Oswald Henry (Ossie) BEST

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Service Number:	7199
Enlisted:	19 June 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broke, New South Wales, 28 July 1892
Home Town:	Katoomba, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Natural causes, Croydon, New South Wales, 21 August 1961, aged 69 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

19 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7199, Sydney, New South Wales
24 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
24 Apr 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
4 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918
13 Apr 1918:	Wounded Lance Corporal, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW (thigh)
6 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7199, 4th Infantry Battalion, Cessation of hostilities

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The brother 4979 Pte. Leslie Arthur Best (/explore/people/73081) of Pte Oswald H. Best returned to Australia on the 1 June 1919 and was discharged six weeks later from his period of enlistment with the AIF.

Pte Oswald H. Best's son N252829 Pte. Frederick Jack Best (/explore/people/797188) served part-time with the 10 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corp. from March 1942 until the end of the war.