Edwin Joseph OKELY

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Service Number:	360
Enlisted:	4 March 1915, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	York, South Australia, 27 June 1891
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter's Assistant
Died:	Bentley, Western Australia, 24 June 1985, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section MC, Garden 2, Grave 0042
Memorials:	Boulder Roll of Honor

4 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 360, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 360, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 360, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
8 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 360, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to chronic otitis media

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Horseshoe Gold Mine, Boulder, WA.

Son of William Alexander O'Kely and Ellen Caroline O'Kely nee Hooker of Narrogen, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 21 January 1919

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