Thomas OAKLEY

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Service Number:	1917
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Norfolk, England, 1883
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Memorials:

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1917, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
12 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1917, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1917, 4th Pioneer Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
6 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1917, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Shell wound to the shoulders, buttocks and back. Embarked for England on 18 August 1917
20 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1917, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Hubert Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW.

Apprenticed for four years with James Toll of New Zealand

Son of James Oakley and Catherine Oakley of Norfolk, England.

Next of kin given as his brother H. Oakley of Oakland Villa, Brisbane, QLD later of Jackson Street, Petone, Wellington, NZ.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 aboard HT Berimah disembarking on 31 July 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal