ORAM, John
| Service Number: | 1713 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penola, South Australia, 16 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Emu Downs, Goyder, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Oodla Wirra Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 January 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Bancourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Eudunda War Memorial, Eudunda and District WW1 Roll of Honour, Robertstown Peace Hall Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1713, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1713, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1713, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 12 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1713, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cheryl Hutchins
Extract from mother's letter in 1921 - National Archives
I received photographs and folder of the grave of my late son. I desire to tender my heartfelt gratitude for same. It is comforting to see the spot where our dear lad's remains lie and is surrounded with flowers and is cared for. Ann Oram
Biography contributed by Mia Hocking
John Oram was born on the 16th March 1890, in Wolseley, South Australia. Oram went to school at Oodla Wirra Public School, Upper Mid North of South Australia. All of Oram's schooling was finished there. Before Oram enlisted to be a soldier in World War 1, his job was as a labourer.
Oram did not have many family members, but he did have his mother. Ann Oram lived in Emu Downs, South Australia with John Oram before he left. Ann obviously was very sad when Oram left and following John's death, Ann wrote "I received photographs and folder of the grave of my late son. I desire to tender my heartfelt gratitude for same. It is comforting to see the spot where our dear lad's remains lie and is surrounded with flowers and is cared for. Ann Oram" (extracted from National Archives Australia, contributed by Cheryl Hutchins).
John Oram enlisted into the AIF for World War 1 as a Private on the 18th March, 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia. His service number was 1713.The first unit that Oram was placed in was the 48th Australian Infantry Battalion at the age of 26. This is a training unit where soldiers trained for the war.
Limited sources exist of Oram's service in the AIF aside from his casualty record. Oram suffered many casualties: one of which occurred on the 18th October, 1916, in Boulogne-ser-mer, France where he was admitted to the War Medical Hospital with severe gun shot wound to his face and right leg. After a period of convalescence he return ed to action in November.
John Oram was killed in action on the 12th January, 1917 in France and buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France. He has a plaque in the South Australian Garden of Remembrance and his name is on the service list in the Adelaide War Memorial.
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