Leslie Herbert OAKLEY

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Service Number:	1884
Enlisted:	1 May 1916, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Belmont, Belmont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 5 October 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Anglican Monumental A8, Grave 0192
Memorials:	Bunbury Picton Roll of Honour

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1884, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
2 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1884, 44th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1884, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1884, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
3 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Dental Details: AIF, From 44th Battalion
5 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1884, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military Unit as Medically unfit due to defective hearing

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Son of John Oakley and Rose Oakley nee Fowler of Bundury, WA.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Belmont, Perth, WA.

Next of kin was given as a guardian Ellen Fowler of 'Glen Iris', Bunbury, WA

Returned to Australia on 22 February 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Leslie married Kathleen Porter in Bunbury, WA