Thomas OAKMAN

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Service Number:	18772
Enlisted:	2 June 1917, Enlisted as Darlinghurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	15th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Royal Park, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

2 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 18772, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted as Darlinghurst, NSW
8 Aug 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 18772, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 18772, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
9 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 15th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers
18 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 18772, 15th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Son of James Oakman and Alice Oakman nee Grant of Collingwood, Victoria.

Husband of Catherine Mary Oakman nee Hickey of Council Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria. Thomas and Catherine married during 1904c.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 25 April 1919 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal