Irwin Harry OATES

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Service Number:	792
Enlisted:	29 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, September 1887
Home Town:	Gawler, Gawler, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Natural causes, Brompton, South Australia, 8 February 1971
Cemetery:	Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler Salvation Army Honour Roll, Gawler War Memorial

29 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 792, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 792, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 792, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide

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Wounded in action at Dardanelles 7 May 1915, head, shoulder and leg injuries

Hospitalised in Manchester UK 8 June 1915

Returned to Australia 19 November 1915

Discharged 21 June 1916 – medically unfit

Married Martha Elsden