Albert OLDFIELD

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Service Numbers:	2422, 2400
Enlisted:	5 February 1917, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1880
Home Town:	Bungendore, Palerang, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Goulburn Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1925, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Goulburn General Cemetery, New South wales Church of England, Section 28
Memorials:

5 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2422, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Queanbeyan, NSW
17 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 2422, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 2422, Camel Corps, RMS Morea, Sydney
20 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, At Abbassia
27 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2400, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John Oldfield and Ellen Oldfield nee Carroll of Kiandra, NSW.

During 1908c Albert married Mildred Helen Tyrie in Queanbeyan, NSW. Address at the time of enlistment was Captain's Flat, Bungendore, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 26 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 14 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal