Oscar Eric BAUMANN

Surname: BAUMANN

Christian Names: Oscar Eric

Date & Place of Birth: 21st June, 1896, Hahndorf, South Australia

Service Number: 10

Service Unit: 32nd Battalion, ‘A’ Coy

Date & Place of Enlistment: 16th July, 1915, Keswick

Profession prior to Enlistment: Carpenter/Joiner

Date of Return to Aust. & Date of Discharge: N/A

Nature of Casualty:

Date KIA: 20th July, 1915

Place KIA: Fleurbaix (Battle of Fromelles)

Next of Kin (NOK) Address

Father: Christian Heinrich Johann Baumann (1851 - 1941)

Mother: Louise Marie Baumann nee Temme (1859 – 1934)

Service

France: Yes

Campaign Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Bravery Awards, Citations, MID:

If Died, Plaque & Scroll received by NOK: Memorial Plaque, Memorial Scroll

Rank: Sergeant

Kingscote Honour Board Yes

Penneshaw Honour Board Yes

KI Connection: brother Walter Oscar also served, parents probably on Island

Birth index

Given Name(s): Oscar Erich

Last Name: BAUMANN

Birth Date: 1896, June 21

Gender: M

Father: Heinrich Christian BAUMANN

Mother: Marie Louise TEMME

Birth Place/Residence: Hahndorf

District: Nairne

Symbol:

Book/Page: 586/414

Death Index

Given Name(s): Oscar Eric

Last Name: BAUMANN

Death Date: 20 Jul 1916

Gender: M

Age: 20y

Approx. Birth Year: 1896

Marital Status: S

Relative 1:

Relative 2:

Residence: Eastwood

Death Place: [FRA]

District: Adelaide

Symbol: W

Book/Page: 411/363

https://www.genealogysa.org.au/

FIRST WORLD WAR NOMINAL ROLL

Oscar Eric Baumann Service number 10 Rank Private Unit 32nd Australian

Infantry Battalion Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918 Enlistment Date 21 July 1915 Fate Killed in action

Fate Date 20 July 1916 : HMAT Geelong A2: Baumann, Oscar Eric Service Number: 10 Conflict First World War,

1914-1918 Roll title 32 Infantry Battalion (November 1915) Embarkation date 1915-11-18 Embarkation place

Adelaide Embarkation ship HMAT Geelong A2 : Registration Year 1916 Registration Number 738 WD Service Army

AIF Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=16639

Oscar Eric BAUMANN

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3058647 plus 44 more documents

Memorial to Oscar Eric Baumann at VC Corner

Photos May 2017: Compliments of Gordon Ings ex RAAF

Family