Charles Henry OATEN

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Service Number:	3214
Enlisted:	3 November 1916, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	HQ Infantry Base Depot Army Service Corps
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boot Clicker
Died:	Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

3 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3214, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3214, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3214, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
15 Apr 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, HQ Infantry Base Depot Army Service Corps, From 57th Battalion
1 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3214, HQ Infantry Base Depot Army Service Corps, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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At the time of enlistment he gave his marital status as widower.

Son of Charles Henry Oaten and Catherine Oaten nee Carroll of Flinders Street, Thornbury, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Hubertus disembarking on 24 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Charles married Ida Louisa Bruce in Victoria.

Post war he was employed as a gardener.