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Married: 1925. Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:18437/1925.
Wife: Helen B Oberg. nee: Braun.
Died: 1970. Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:23337/1970.
Oscar Leslie Oberg enlistered with the 4th Reinforcements, 33rd Battalion AIF on the 2nf of February 1916 and
embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A 30 "Borda" on the 17th October 1916.
28/09/1917.
Informant; Private: 2371 Oscar Leslie OBERG I saw Private: 1983 Alan James MATHER
lying dead in No Mans Land at Plug Street Wood on June 7th. He had been hit in the head with a shell. i examined him and made quite
sure he was dead. Cannot say if he was buried as I left the Battalion myself the same day having being wounded. MATHER came from
Inverell, N.S.W. and I knew him quite well.
No: 3 Command Depot, Eurdcott, England.
08/01/1918
Informant; Private: 2371 Oscar Leslie OBERG Private: 1983 Alan James MATHER was in
D Company with me, his name was Alan and he was a late member of the Battalion. He was killed at Ploegsteert near Messines on 7/6/17 and I
saw his dead body in No Mans Land not far from that of Private: 1078 William Henry BACON. I am certain it was on the
first day of the attack. MATHER had been killed outright I could tell. I passed within 2 yards of his body which was almost on the
edge of a shell hole and I am certain it was he. I was wounded in the evening of the same day and do not know where he was buried.
No: 4 General Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Oscar was a single 21 year old Labourer from William Street, Inverell, N.S.W. upon enlistment. Oscar's parents Malcus and Mary Oberg and
had at least 8 children. Oscar Leslie Oberg born 1894 at Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. Birth Cert:34300/1894 and died in
1970 at Ryde, N.S.W. Death Cert:23337/1970. Alma L Oberg born 1896 at Springwood, N.S.W. Birth Cert:16642/1896.
Pretoria V Oberg born 1901 at Tingha, N.S.W. Birth Cert:27022/1901. Ebba C Oberg born 1904 at Tingha, N.S.W. Birth Cert:27288/1904.
Etta L Oberg born 1906 at Inverell, N.S.W. Birth Cert:4137/1906. Ernest August Oberg born 1907 at Inverell, N.S.W. Birth Cert:
14157/1907 and died in 1913 at Inverell, N.S.W. Death Cert:2404. Tyra A Oberg born 1909 at Inverell, N.S.W. Birth Cert:15167/1909
at Inverell, N.S.W. Birth Cert:15167/1909. Thelma P Oberg died in 1915 at Inverell, N.S.W. Death Cert:16778/1915.
(Australian National Archives)
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