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OAKES, Eric Ernest Gregory
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2764 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915, Enlisted at Albury, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2764, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Albury, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2764, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2764, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 18th Battalion | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2764, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand. Embarked for England on 6 July 1916 aboard HS Cambria | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2764, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to loss of use to the left from wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ernest Oakes and Effie (Eufemia) Oakes of Englehardt Street, Albury, NSW formerly of Palmerston, NT.
Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 10 April 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c /eric married Eva W. Cannon in Albury, NSW