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ORAM, Gwynfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 56031 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1918, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Bryan, South Australia, 22 September 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wilkawatt, Southern Mallee, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Lameroo Hospital, Lameroo, South Australia, 5 May 1981, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lameroo Cemetery, South Australia Section H, Grave 38 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56031, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 23 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 56031, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 56031, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, From re-inforcements | |
| 11 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 56031, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District. Rank was given as temporary Staff Sergeant |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Wilkawatt, SA
Son of Frederick John Oram and Ann Oram nee Jones of Park Street, Hyde Park, SA.
On 25 May 1918 Gwynfred married Alice Lillian Neville in the Church of Christ, Unley, SA. Alice predeceased Qywnfred by dying in 1942
Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 25 October 1919
Medal: British War Medal
Residential address at the time of death was Wilkawatt, SA