Osmond Howard Alsop (1915 - 1960)

Born 10 Apr 1915 in St. Peters Private Hospital, Trinity street, College Town, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Mavis R (Goslett) Alsop — married 5 Jun 1941 in Pinner, Greater, London, England

Died 23 Mar 1960 at age 44 in New South Wales, Australia

Biography

OSMOND HOWARD ALSOP (Alsop-456)

PARENTS. Osmond Howard Alsop & Muriel Lloyd (Hart) Alsop

BIRTH. 10 Apr 1915, St. Peters Private Hospital, Trinity street, College Town, South Australia, Australia

BIRTH. SA BDM Birth Reg: #957/354: 1915, ALSOP Osmond Howard, Father: Osmond Howard ALSOP, Mother: Muriel Lloyd HART, District of Norwood

BIRTH. ALSOP.—On the 10th April, at St. Peters Private Hospital, Trinity street, College Town, the wife of O. H. Alsop, Medindie—a son.

WWII Service Record:

Name ALSOP, OSMOND HOWARD

Service Royal Australian Navy

Service Number Not Applicable

Date of Birth 10 Apr 1915

Place of Birth ADELAIDE, SA

Date of Enlistment 2 Nov 1939

Locality on Enlistment Unknown

Home Port/Port Division SYDNEY, NSW

Next of Kin ALSOP, R

Date of Discharge 29 Oct 1945

Rank LIEUTENANT

Posting at Discharge HMAS Rushcutter

WW2 Honours and Gallantry Distinguished Service Cross

Prisoner of War No

MARRIAGE. 5 Jun 1941, Pinner, Greater, London, England

MARRIAGE. 5 Jun 1941, Mavis R Goslett, daughter of William Bernard Goslett & Elsa Margaret (Johnstone) Goslett

MARRIAGE. 5 Jun 1941

NAME: Mavis R Goslett

FATHER'S NAME: Bernard Goslett

SPOUSE'S NAME: Osmond H Alsop

MARRIAGE DATE: 5 Jun 1941

MARRIAGE PLACE: Pinner, Greater, London, England

MARRIAGE. 1941

Name Osmond H Alsop

Event Type Marriage Registration

Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun

Registration Year 1941

Registration District Hendon

County Middlesex

Event Place Hendon, Middlesex, England

Spouse Name (available after 1911) Goslett

Volume 3A, Page 1726, Line Number 121

Osmond H Alsop probably married one of the following people

Name Mavis R Goslett

(1941). R.A.N.V.R. OFFICER DECORATED. Action Against U-Boats. MELBOURNE, Monday.-The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, announced to-day that the King has approved the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Lieutenant Osmond Howard Alsop, R.A.N.V.R., of Sydney, for skill and devotion to duty in action against enemy submarines . . .

Lieutenant Alsop is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Alsop, of 10 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay. He is 26. He was a keen yachtsman and before the war joined the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, and began training in the Anti-Submarine School. He was called up in November, 1939. Later, when a call was made for volunteers for the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Alsop offered his services, and left Australia early in 1940. He was promoted to lieutenant In January last.

While in England he married Miss Mavis Goslett, of Pinner, Middlesex. Lieutenant Alsop was educated at The Armidale School. He served articles with the firm of Yarwood, Vane and Co., chartered accountants, Sydney. Just before joining the Navy, he had accepted an appointment with Woolworths, Ltd.

(Portrait-page 7.) AWARDED D.S.C. Lieutenant O. H. Álsop, R.A.N.V.R., of Sydney, who has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for skill and devotion to duty in action against enemy submarines.

Children:

(1) Male Alsop, b. 24 Nov 1943,

BIRTH. ALSOP.—November 24, at Dunoon, Scotland the wife of Lieut. Osmond H. Alsop, R.A.N.V.R.—a son. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Fri 19 Feb 1943, Page 10: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17837575

(2) Sarah Margaret Alsop, 1950

BIRTH. ALSOP (nee Goslett) -At Beuna Vista Bellevue Hill, to Mavis and Osmond Alsop--a daughter (Sarah Margaret). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Fri 15 Dec 1950, Page 20: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18191586

DEATH. 23 Mar 1960, New South Wales, Australia

DEATH. NSW BDM Death Reg: #1361/1960: ALSOP OSMOND HOWARD, Father: OSMOND HOWARD, Mother: MURIEL LLOYD, District of SYDNEY

BURIAL.

Osmond Howard Alsop

Born on 10 April 1915

Passed away on 23 March 1960

Aged 44 years

Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens

199 Delhi Road, North Ryde

NSW, 2113, Australia

Sources

• Birth: SA BDM Birth Reg: #957/354: 1915

• Birth Notice: The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Sat 17 Apr 1915, Page 8: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60746830

• WWII Service Record: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=N&veteranId=1186287

• Marriage: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8G-8WVZ

• (1941). R.A.N.V.R. OFFICER DECORATED. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tue 9 Sep 1941, Page 4: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17754089

• (Portrait-page 7.) AWARDED D.S.C.: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tue 9 Sep 1941, Page 7: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17754089/1105100

• Death: NSW BDM Death Reg: #1361/1960

• Burial: http://www.heavenaddress.com/Osmond-Howard-Alsop/1140629/