NUMBER:
Private 3025

BATTALION / UNIT / SHIP:
37th Battalion

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Scotsburn

NEXT OF KIN:
His father, William Bright of Ruby, Victoria

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
Leongatha, Victoria 6/1/1917

PHYSICAL DETAILS ON ENLISTMENT:
Age 23 years 4 months, 5'6", 137 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair

RELIGION:
Church of England

OCCUPATION:
Farm labourer

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:
He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium 12/10/1917

LOCATION OF GRAVE/MEMORIAL:
He has no known grave and his name is on the Menin Gate, Ypres

RELATIONSHIP TO WOORAYL SHIRE:
He was from Ruby, Victoria

MILITARY/OTHER HISTORY:
◈ He is on the Meeniyan Honour Roll
◈ 6/1/1917 He enlisted in Leongatha
◈ His preliminary medical was signed by Dr Wood
◈ 19/2/1917 He embarked Melbourne on the HMTS Ballarat
◈ 26/4/1917 He disembarked Devonport
◈ 6/7/1917 He was sick in hospital at Brimstone with measles
◈ 21/7/1917 He went to France via Southampton
◈ 12/9/1917 He moved to the front
◈ 12/10/1917 He was killed in action in Belgium
◈ 13/10/1922 His family received his scroll and plaque
◈ His mother was Sarah Bright
◈ James Sutherland, Solicitor of Leongatha, asked for a certificate of death for Oswald Bright and also one for John Edney
◈ Oswald had a National Mutual Insurance policy