Oscar Allan DUVAL

DUVAL, Oscar Allan

Service Number: NX106505
Enlisted: 4 August 1942
Last Rank: Lance Bombardier
Last Unit: 2nd AIF Anti Aircraft Units
Born: Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1919
Home Town: Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Lung Cancer, Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia, 5 February 2012, aged 92 years
Cemetery: Gloucester General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
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World War 2 Service

4 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, NX106505
24 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, NX106505, 2nd AIF Anti Aircraft Units

Oscar's Life

Oscar had a property called "Fernleigh" at Nowendoc- He was also a great horseman and helped out at the Nowendoc Rodeos.
When he was in the war- his Mother and Sister were involved in a serious sulky accident, he applied to be allowed home, but the Army refused. His story was later brought up in Parliament under Hansard.

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