Norman Walter OATES

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Service Number:	6009
Enlisted:	19 April 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 30 April 1899
Home Town:	Northfield (Yatala), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Hindmarsh Island, South Australia, 16 March 1964, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremation service held on 18 March 1964. Columbarium, Wall 10, Niche C027
Memorials:	Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1

19 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6009, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6009, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6009, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
8 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6009, 10th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right ankle. Embarked for England on 22 October 17 aboard HS St. Dennis
13 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6009, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding
Date unknown:	Wounded 6009, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Son of Walter Oates and Annie Oates nee Walsh of Short Street, Yatala, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 December 1918 aboard HT Takada as wounded disembarking on 6 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 23 February 1924 Norman married Marjorie Ellen Hazelwood in Church of Christ, Queenstown, SA

Residential address at the time of death was at Meadows, SA