Roy Herbert OAKES

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Service Number:	19123
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 19123, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 19123, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 19123, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
8 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 19123, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Charles William Oakes and Elizabeth Margaret Oakes of 'The Glen', Jersey Road, Woollahra, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 29 May 1919 aboard HT Rio Negro disembarking on 25 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Roy married Lily L. Sewell in Sydney, NSW.