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OLDFIELD, David Herbert Delaney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6607 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Pinedale, Queensland, Australia, 5 May 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Salvation Army Section 13, Row 9, Grave 30 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6607, 6th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6607, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6607, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 23 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), From 6th Field Company Engineers | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6607, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Albion Road, Brisbane, QLD
Son of Arthur Oldfield and Susan Oldfield of Tara Street, North Sydney, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 7 June 1918 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 1 August 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 23 October 1922 David married Hilda Annie Sutherland in QLD