Harold James (Harry) OXENHAM

OXENHAM, Harold James

    Service Number: 9480
    Enlisted: 27 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 20th Australian Army Service Corps Company (AIF)
    Born: Darlington, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1895
    Home Town: Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Tempe Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Mechanic
    Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1969, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    North Walls, Wall A, Position 28
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 9480, 1st Divisional Train, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    16 Feb 1916: Involvement Driver, 9480, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    16 Feb 1916: Embarked Driver, 9480, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
    11 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 20th Australian Army Service Corps Company (AIF), In France
    12 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9480, 20th Australian Army Service Corps Company (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Oxenham and Gertrude Oxenham of Liberty Street, Enmore, NSW.

    Brother of John Malachi Oxenham who died of wounds on 25 July 1916 while serving with the 53rd Battalion and is buried in the Neufchatel-Hardelot(Neufchatel) Churchyard, Grave 1 

    Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia diseembarking on 20 July 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1924c Harold married Phyliss Redfern in Manly, NSW

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