Horace Garfield OATES

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Service Number:	257
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kooringa, South Australia, 28 May 1896
Home Town:	Leighton, Goyder, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Auctioneer
Died:	Woodville, South Australia, 25 April 1963, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Columbarium, Wall 19, Niche F033. Ashes interred on 16 August 1963.
Memorials:	Booborowie Leighton WW1 Roll of Honor, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 257, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
11 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 257, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 257, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Katuna, Adelaide
4 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 257, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to hernia

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Son of Edward Oates and Margaret Oates nee Rogers of Leighton, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1916 aboard HT Itonus disembarking on 9 July 1916.

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

On 10 May 1922 Horace married Maron Elinor Mosey in the Methodist Church, Pirie Street, Adelaide, SA.

Residential address at the time of death was Colonel Light Gardens, SA