Oscar Edward OELMAN

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Service Number:	7126
Enlisted:	24 September 1916, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Webster Street Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honor

24 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7126, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
11 May 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 7126, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 7126, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
2 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7126, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Surname sometimes spelt asa Oelmann

At the time of enlisting he was residing in Boulder, WA

Son of Frederick Joseph Oelmann and Matilda Oelman nee Hockstein of Webster Street, Bendigo, Victoria

Brother of George Martin Oelman who returned to Australia on 23 March 1919 having served with the 7th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 18 August 1919 at Adelaide for onward travel to Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal