Maxwell Francis OAKES MM

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Service Number:	2692
Enlisted:	29 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Reporter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 October 1916
Cemetery:	Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval E 13, T
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2692, Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2692, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2692, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
2 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , At Tel-el-Kebir
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 2692, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2692 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-10-27
27 Oct 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, During the Lone Pine engagement at ANZAC he was employed as a linesman for a 4'7" gun. Lines to the observation being repeatedly cut by enemy fire and Oakes was out during most of afternoon and evening of the 6 August repairing them, mostly under heavy shrapnel fire. London Gazette on 27 October 1916, page 10487, position 125. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 April 1917, page 919, position 148

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Next of kin given as Mary Powell formerly Oakes of 'Parkhurst', McPherson Street, Waverley, NSW.

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