Charles OXLEY

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Service Number:	2064
Enlisted:	2 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 14 October 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row BK, Grave 51. Interred on 17 October 1978
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

2 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2064, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2064, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2064, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2064, 7th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder.
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2064, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis

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Son of Robert Oxley and Isabel Oxley nee Arbuckle of Cobden Street, South Melbourne, Victoria.

Brother of Ernest Oxley who returned to Australia on 5 August 1919 having served with the 14th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle disembarking on 7 May 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Charles married of Elsie May Wilson in Victoria