Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Oldham, Oscar McGregor

Born 1897 Pyengana Tasmania the son of Edwin Thomas and Emily Irving Oldham (nee Campbell) a farmer he embarked Melbourne 10^th November 1915 on board “HMAT Ascanius” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He died 2^nd June 1918 at the 5^th Casualty Clearing Station in France from a gunshot wound to the chest and is commemorated in the Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France .

OLDHAM.--Died on the 2nd June, from wounds received in action, Gunner Oscar McGregor Oldham, 27th Battery A.F.A., youngest beloved son of E. T. Oldham, Pyengana, aged 21 years. "For God, King, and Country. God Save the King."

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