Frederic Horace OLDHAM

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OLDHAM, Frederic Horace

Service Number:	1714
Enlisted:	11 June 1915, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kabakada, New Britain, 1894
Home Town:	Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Naracoorte State School, South Australia; Laura State School, South Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Pneumonia, France, 11 March 1917
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VI, Row C, Grave 40. Headstone inscription reads: He did his duty
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Laura Public School Roll of Honour, Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 1714, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement 1714, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked 1714, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
28 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1714, 21st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the chest
11 Mar 1917:	Involvement 1714, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1714 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-03-11

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick Bignell Oldham and Alice Edith Oldham of Queens Avenue, St Arnaud, Victoria, later of Horsham, Victoria.

Brother of Harold Grant Oldham who returned to Australia on 29 May 1919 having served with the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion; Wilfred Oldham who returned to Australia on 5 June 1919 having served with the Australian Army Medical Corps

At the time of enlistment Frederic was employed with Commonwealth Bank.

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

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