OATES, James Raymond
| Service Numbers: | 26809, N75605 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Good Street School, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1957, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Wagga Wagga Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 26809, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Driver, 26809, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Driver, 26809, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Apr 1917: | Transferred Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 31 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 26809, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , embarked England for Melbourne on board HT Aeneas | |
| 26 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 26809, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N75605 | |
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| 4 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N75605 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hugh Oates and Hannah Oates of Beckwith Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c James married Elsie Holloway in Wagga Wagga, NSW
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Gunner James Raymond Oates (Service No:26809) enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 26 February 1916, and was a Driver attached to 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column on 7 September 1916 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Plymouth on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney. Driver Oates served on the Western Front, and was a Gunner attached to 3rd Field Artillery Brigade on 31 May 1919 when he embarked from England for Melbourne on board HT Aeaneas. Gunner Oates was Discharged on 26 August 1919. In WWII, he served in the ACMF as a Sapper (Service No:N75605) with 2 Engineers Base Stores Depot and 2 Maintenance Platoon RAE - appointed Carpenter - from 30 December 1940 to 4 January 1946.
James was born in Glen Innes, New South Wales in 1898, second of five children of Hugh Oates (b1869 in Clunes, Victoria) and Hannah Tyson (b1867 in Clunes, Victoria). Hugh and Hannah married in 1892 in Victoria, moving to Glen Innes in 1894 and then settling in Wagga Wagga. Hugh was a Tailor and Mercer, and served with the militia and briefly in WWI (30 April to 14 July 1917) - medically unfit. Hugh was Mayor of Wagga Wagga (1915/1916 and 1922/1923) and an Alderman, Justice of the Peace and District Coroner. He was active in his Church - Trustee, Circuit Steward and Lay Preacher (travelling to outlying parishes on his bicycle) - and was a member of the Wagga Base Hospital Board and President of the Good Street School P&C Association.
James was working in Wagga Wagga as a Farmer in 1916, and following his Discharge, was in Wagga Wagga in 1925 when he married Elsie Holloway (b1898 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales). James and Elsie settled in Wagga Wagga, where they raised their family and James worked as a Farmer and Carpenter. Following his Discharge from the ACMF in 1946, James and Elsie settled in Sydney, where James worked as a Carpenter. James died in 1957 and Elsie in 1988.