Robert OAKLEY

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Service Number:	2620
Enlisted:	28 September 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lachlan, Tasmania, Australia, 21 December 1889
Home Town:	Lachlan, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Contractor
Died:	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 13 July 1927, aged 37 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	New Norfolk Old Cemetery, Tasmania Commemorated in the Hobart Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

28 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2620, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2620, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 40th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
13 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 40th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the head
20 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to cerebral concussion.

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Son of James Oakley and Jane Oakley nee Wakefield of Lachlan, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 27 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 11 October 1921 Robert married Linda Frances Bond in Chalmer's Manse, Hobart