Oscar Herbert Hart

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First Name:

Oscar

Middle Name:

Herbert

Last Name:

Hart

Date of Birth:

Tuesday, November 27, 1888

Mother's Name:

Sarah (nee Wilmot)

Father's Name:

Joseph Hart

Date Enlisted:

Tuesday, May 11, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

4th Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Place of Death:

Pozieres, France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Private Oscar Hart (Service no. 2176) was born in Wollongong on 27th November, 1888 and attended Wollongong Superior School. At the time of enlistment he was a single 27 year old labourer. He was the youngest son of the late Sergeant Major Joseph Hart.

Oscar embarked on HMAT A 63 Karoola with 6th Reinforcements 4th Battalion on 16th June, 1915. He was rushed to Gallipoli arriving on 4th August, 1915 and was wounded in action at Lone Pine on 8th August, 1915 receiving a gun shot wound to his head.

Evacuated to hospital for treatment, he then travelled to France with his battalion and in April 1916 was admitted to hospital with the mumps. He was back with his unit in time for the Somme Offensive.

Killed in action at the Battle of Pozieres between 22nd and 27th July, 1916, Oscar Hart has no known grave and is remembered on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux. He is also remembered on the Wollongong Congregational Church Roll of Honour.