Law, Oswald Ross (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1916)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0408
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Law, Oswald Ross
Place made Egypt, France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1915-1916
Access Open
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Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to the service of 1026 Lieutenant Oswald Ross Law, 48 Battalion AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of seven letters written by Lieutenant Law to his family in Australia.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Lieutenant Oswald Ross Law, 48 Battalion, AIF, who on 14 August 1916 was killed in action at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are: journalist; of East Torrens, SA; born Sydney, NSW; educated at Vidette College (Victoria); enlisted in AIF on 17 May 1915; age at time of death, 26.