Douglas Gordon OAKLEY MC

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Service Number:	360
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Taunton, Somerset, England, 11 November 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 12 March 1973, aged 80 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 360, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 360, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 360, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Citation reads: Has rendered valuable services by thoroughness and devotion to duty during period February to September 1917. London Gazette on 1 January 1918, page 51, position 84. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 April 1918, page 847, position 98
31 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of George Oakley and Emily Maud Oakley of The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, England.

Douglas served his three year butchery appenticeship with T.S. Bateman of Minehead, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 4 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

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

During 1923c Douglas married Laura J. Woodcock in Waratah, NSW.

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