Ferdinand Alfred OATES MSM

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OATES, Ferdinand Alfred

Service Number:	396
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Dodonaea, Garden N3, Bed 3, Rose. Service held on 9 July 1951
Memorials:	Beechworth Methodist Church Honour Roll, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 396, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 396, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 396, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Battalion
22 Sep 1918:	Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), Citation:- For consistent good service and devotion to duty. He has served continuously with his unit since formation, and on several occasions during the absence of the Regimental Quartermaster has carried out the duties with conspicuous success. His marked ability and untiring zeal have at all times contributed greatly to the general welfare of the Battalion. London Gazette on 18 January 1919, page 1022, position 78. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 June 1919, page 941, position 47
31 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 396, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William John Oates and Elizabeth Emily Oates nee Hartmann of Asylum Reserve, Beechworth, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 2 December 1918

During 1920c Frederick, as Ferdinand Alfred, married Edith Emily Laycock in Victoria

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

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