Albert Henry OAKES

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Service Number:	2442
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 29 July 1882
Home Town:	Canowindra, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fencing Contractor
Died:	Rotorua, New Zealand, 7 February 1948, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rotorua Public Cemetery, New Zealand Block 6, Section RSA, Grave 11
Memorials:	Canowindra Soldiers Memorial Hospital and Honour Roll

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2442, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2442, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2442, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2442, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gassed and shell shock.
7 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2442, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis and deafness

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Son of GeorgeOakes, Merbein via Mildura, Victoria

Son of George Oakes and Jane Oakes nee Townsend of Merbein, Victoria.

Address at the time of enlistment was C/- G H Pengilly, The Meadows, Canowindra, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 April 1917 aboard HS Themistocles disembarking on 4 July 1917

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

Husband of Mary Oakes nee James.

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