Richard Francis OAKES

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Service Number:	17856
Enlisted:	14 December 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Corps Troop Signal Coy
Born:	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1894
Home Town:	Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 24 January 1961, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Interred on 26 January 1961 in Boronia area
Memorials:

14 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 17856, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
30 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Corps Troop Signal Coy, From 2nd Divisional Company
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 17856, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 17856, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
27 Jun 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 17856, Corps Troop Signal Coy, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Thomas Henry Oakes and Florence Oakes nee Pitchford of Scott Street, Canterbury, Victoria.

On 11 August 1919 Richard married Mary Elizabeth Louise Bean in the Bedford Registry Office, England. Registrar William C. Toll officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 March 1920 aboard HT Zealandia disembarking on 12 May 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal