Russell Reice OAKLEY

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Service Number:	7024
Enlisted:	18 October 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 18 September 1894
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Werribee, Victoria, Australia, 3 July 1978, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Werribee Cemetery, Victoria Lawn 1, Grave 44
Memorials:	Armidale Loyal New England Union Lodge No 37 MUIOOF Roll of Honor, Armidale Memorial Fountain

18 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7024, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7024, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7024, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
23 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7024, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to frost bite

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Inverell Road, West Armidale, NSW

Son of James Oakley and Catherine Oakley nee Camden of 'Cook's Gap', Mudgee, NSW.

Husband of Adelaide Mary Ann Oakley nee Walsh of Inverell Road, West Armidale, NSW. Russell and Adelaide married during 1915c in Armidale, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 25 September 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal