Oswald SAGASSER

SAGASSER, Oswald

    Service Number: 1617
    Enlisted: 19 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 14th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, May 1892
    Home Town: Allambee, Baw Baw, Victoria
    Schooling: Allambee State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Illness (Gas Poisoning), No 11 A.G.H. Caulfied, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1919
    Cemetery: Yarragon Cemetery, Victoria
    Memorials: Leongatha Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Yarragon War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 1617, Melbourne, Victoria
    5 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1617, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
    5 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1617, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne
    15 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
    7 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
    17 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , confirmed 24 Aug 1917
    14 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
    6 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1617, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , SW right arm, severe
    23 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1617, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , 2nd occasion, gassed
    12 Dec 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1617, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , RTA per Nestor (Gas Poison and Shell Shock)
    29 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1617, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Medically Unfit

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