Roy Andrew OLDROYD

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OLDROYD, Roy Andrew

Service Number:	283
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1894
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Anglican Section 16, Grave 3793. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 283, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 283, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 283, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 283, 1st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the right leg, later amputated.
22 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 283, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Edward Draper Oldroyd and Bertha Johanna Oldroyd of Burns Crescent, Abbotsford, NSW.

Brother of Joseph Ernest Richard Oldroyd who returned to Australia on 1 July 1919 having served with the 5th Divisional Ammuniton Column and William Edward Oldroyd who returned to Australia on 13 October 1918 having served with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1916 aboard HS Themistocles disembarking on 19 June 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Roy married Elsie Katherine Edmiston in Drummoyne, NSW

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