OLDHAM, Herbert
| Service Number: | 5621 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Class Air Mechanic |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia , 15 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Beresfield, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1950, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-35A. 61. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5621, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5621, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5621, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 7 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, 5621, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), 2nd Squadron, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
73 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 25th May 1950, Aircraft Mechanic (2nd Squadron) Herbert Oldham, Australian Flying Corps (Reg No-5621), labourer from Young Road, Lambton, New South Wales and Fitzroy Street, Carrington, N.S.W. and Addison Road, Beresfield, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 59. GENERAL-35A. 61.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 15th July 1890 to William and Mary Ann Oldham; husband of Flora Bell Oldham nee Hayward (married 17.6.1918, Parish Church, Atcham, United Kingdom, died 24.5.1932, age 32, sleeping here.
Herb enlisted on the 3rd August 1915 with the 17th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A14 Euripides on the 9th September 1916.
Admitted to hospital 20.3.1917 (diarrhoea), 30.3.1917 (dysentery), 5.5.1917 (dysentery), 21.1.1919 (influenza).
Furlough in England from the 13.6.1917 to the 27.6.1917.
Herb returned home fit and well on the 25th September 1919 with wife Flora, being discharged on the 9th November 1919.
Mr. Oldham’s name has been inscribed on the Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Lambton Park Citizens' Memorial Gates.
I have placed poppies upon Herb’s gravesite plaque in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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