Thomas Henry OLDFIELD

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Service Number:	1245
Enlisted:	6 March 1915, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 1892
Home Town:	Koyuga, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Knaresborough Grammar School, Yorkshire, England
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

6 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1245, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1245, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1245, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1245, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on 1 August 1916

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Son of Thomas Oldfield and Mary Ann Oldfield of Koyuga, Victoria.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal