Edwin Thomas Oberg

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Thu, 04/06/2015 - 11:54

First Name:

Edwin/Edward

Middle Name:

Thomas

Last Name:

Oberg

Alternate Spelling:

Ted

Mother's Name:

Jane (nee Handley)

Father's Name:

Hayburg (Pete) Oberg

Date Enlisted:

Friday, February 16, 1917

Rank at Enlistment:

Sergeant

Rank at Discharge:

Sergeant

Unit:

17th Battalion

Company:

C Company

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Tuesday, May 14, 1918

Place of Death:

Corbie France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Ted Oberg (Service No 7090) was born about 1885 in Bulli, NSW. He joined the army as a soldier straight from school. He spent 9 years with the Australian Garrison Artillery Instruction Staff but was discharged as Staff Sergeant Major so he could enlist in the AIF. Ted was described as a married 32 year old and embarked on HMAT A14 Euripides with 21st Reinforcements, 17th Battalion on 31st October 1917, leaving his wife Helena (nee Lehmann) and 3 children behind.

On arrival in France Ted joined 11 Platoon, C Company on the Western Front. On 14th May 1918 just before 10 am he was in a trench when he was shot in the head and killed. Ted is buried in Beacon Cemetery Plot III, Row F, Grave 13.

His son Albert, a solicitor, was a Pilot Officer with the R A A F in WW2 and was killed on 19th April 1944 in skies over Europe.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, OBERG EDWIN THOMAS