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DUVAL, Oscar Allan
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX106505 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
4 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, NX106505 | |
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24 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, NX106505, 2nd AIF Anti Aircraft Units |
Personal Stories
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.
Submitted 31 August 2023 by Rhonda Riley