Oscar Trafford Dell (SN 974) born at Gordon, was a 21 year old railway employee when he enlisted at Sale on September 28th 1914. Assigned to the 14th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Ulysses on December 22nd and sailed to Egypt before seeing action at Gallipoli. In August 1915 he sustained a gunshot wound to his foot and was evacuated to hospital at Lemos. He then developed diarrhoea and enteric fever and was transferred to England. He rejoined his unit in Egypt in April 1916. In April 1917 he was moved to France and three weeks later he suffered a gunshot wound to his arm and was evacuated to England. While recovering in England he went absent without leave for three weeks, was declared an illegal absentee, and was sentenced to 15 months in detention. Much of his sentence was remitted and he was returned to Australia aboard the Leicestershire and was discharged on March 23rd 1919.