KRUMMEL, Oscar Otto
| Service Number: | 1293 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Eudunda, South Australia, 25 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Eudunda, Goyder, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eudunda War Memorial, Eudunda and District WW1 Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Biography
"PRIVATE OSCAR KRUMMEL.
Private Oscar Krummel, whose name is among the missing, is a son of Mr. W. F. krummel, blackAmith and coach builder, of Eudunda. He was one of the many Australian-Germans who were prepared to lay down their lives for King and country. "Socky,'"' as he was popularly known, is one of the best footballers the town has produced, and was playing with the senior team from his 16th year. He was employed by his father as a coachpainter. He was one of the first Eudunda men to enlist, and together with Private A. Cranstron (whose biography has been given), he left with hardly anyone knowing his intention to enlist in the second contingent. He is a finely-built athletic young man, and hopes are entertained of his return after the war." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 17 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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