Eric Ryton OLDHAM

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Service Number:	517
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 9 September 1887
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, 5 April 1949, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Cremated. Western Garden Walls, Wall A, Niche 70. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Prahran City of Prahran Lodge No 115 Roll of Honour WW1

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 517, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 517, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 517, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 517, 37th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the jaw. Embarked for England on 13 June 1917 aboard HS Brighton.
6 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 517, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Ryton Campbell Oldham and Florence Emily Oldham nee Downward of 'Chez Nous', Hildebrandt Crescent, Hawthorn, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 30 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Eric married Eva Sansom in Stockton, NSW