Christopher OAKES

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Service Number:	10435
Enlisted:	13 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Bakery and Butchery
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

13 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10435, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 10435, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 10435, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
18 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Bakery, From Bakeries and Butcheries
8 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery, From 5th Field Bakery
14 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 10435, 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Andrew Oakes and Katherine (Kate) Oakes of Hewlett Street, Granville, NSW.

Served his bakery apprenticeship with W. Rogers of Ashfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 28 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Christopher married Marguarite Marles in Ashfield, NSW.