Joseph Alexander (Joe) OLDFIELD

OLDFIELD, Joseph Alexander

    Service Number: 5231
    Enlisted: 12 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 9 July 1875
    Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1932, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
    Church of England, Row B10, Grave 0008. Appears not to have a headstone.
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5231, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    31 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 5231, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    31 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 5231, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
    20 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 13th Battalion
    12 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5231, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to premature to senility

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Oldfield and Ellen Oldfield of Queanbeyan, NSW.

    During 1896c Joseph  married Mary Ann Heath in Newtown, NSW. Father of William Joseph Oldfiedl who was killed in action on 13 February 1917 while serving with the 18th Battalion and has no known grave. His names appears  on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 23 April 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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