Robert James OSWALD 1862-1935, b. Mount Gambier, South Australia son of Robert OSWALD and Rebecca Irene TYRER was married in 1884 at ___, Victoria to Annie Elizabeth McCORMACK 1859-1889, b. Balmoral, Victoria, daughter of James Patrick McCORMACK and Elizabeth O'MEARA. Annie died at Sandford in 1889 and is buried in the Sandford Cemetery, S-W Victoria.
Robert James OSWALD & Annie Elizabeth McCORMACK had the following known family:
- James Robert OSWALD b. 1884, d. 1885, Sandford, Vic.
- Thomas Francis OSWALD b. 1887, Casterton, Vic, d. 1917, France
- 1889 : mother died at Sandford, Victoria, raised by grandparents James McCORMACK and Elizabeth O'MEARA, Sandford, Victoria..
- 1907 : Farm worker for Mr Herbert WETTENHALL, Carr's Plains (Glenorchy), Victoria.
- 1913-1915 : Police Constable at Glen Innes, NSW
- 1915 : enlisted WW1 20 Aug 1915, Glen Innes, NSW
- 1915-1917 : served as L/Cpl 3876, 4th Battalion, AIF
- 1917 : KIA 15 Apr 1917, Lagnicourt, Somme, France
- Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll, Casterton War Memorial, Sandford War Memorial, Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France
Robert James OSWALD 1862-1935
&
Annie Marie Gertrude DOYLE 1870-1906
Sandford, Victoria, Australia
Robert James OSWALD 1862-1935, b. Mount Gambier, South Australia son of Robert OSWALD and Rebecca Irene TYRER was married in 1890 at James DOYLE's residence, near Sandford, Victoria to Annie Marie Gertrude DOYLE 1870-1906, b. Carapook, Victoria daughter of James DOYLE and Alice LANDY. Annie OSWALD died in 1906 at Horsham, Victoria and Robert OSWALD died at Geelong, Victoria.
Robert James OSWALD & Annie Marie Gertrude DOYLE had the following known family:
- Alicia Catherine OSWALD b. 1891, Sandford, Vic, m Thomas CONDON.
- Rebecca Irene OSWALD b. 1892, Sandford, Vic, m. Bertie Purvis KIDDLE
- James Robert OSWALD b. 1895, Sandford, Vic, m. Mary Ellen QUINANE.
- enlisted WW1 15 Jul 1915, occupation Store Keeper
- served as Pte 899, 29th Battalion, AIF
- RTA 5 Jul 1919
- Mary Theresa OSWALD b. 1897, Sandford, Vic, m. Patrick McGEE.
- Margaret Mary Veronica OSWALD b. 1899, Sandford, Vic, m. ____ HINDS.
- John Peter OSWALD b. 1906, Horsham, Vic, d. 1919, Hamilton, Vic.