Charles Harold ORAM MM, MM & Bar

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Service Numbers:	6329, 6320, V360002
Enlisted:	1 April 1916, Ararat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brentwood, Victoria, Australia, 3 March 1898
Home Town:	Joel Joel, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:	Landsborough Memorial Wall

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, Ararat, Vic.
11 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6320, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6320, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
26 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele
15 Dec 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, 2nd Passchendaele , For extreme gallantry and devotion to duty as voluntary stretcher bearer.' (East of Ypres).
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed. Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit.
27 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal and bar, "The Last Hundred Days", Work at Herleville Wood on 23 August 1918.'
16 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6329, 6th Infantry Battalion, RTA 20 December 1918 and discharged as MU (effects of gas).

29 May 1942:	Enlisted V360002, Private. Enlisted at Rupanyip, Vic.
29 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V360002
21 Sep 1945:	Discharged V360002

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Military Medal

'For extreme gallantry and devotion to duty as voluntary stretcher bearer.' (East of Ypres).
Recommendation date: 5 November 1917

Bar to Military Medal

'Work at Herleville Wood on 23 August 1918.'
Recommendation date: 30 August 1918"

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