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OAKES, Harry

Service Number:	191
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Kensington, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wimbledon, London, August 1893
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Western Church School, Surrey
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 191, 1st Infantry Battalion, Kensington, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 191, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 191, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
22 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 191, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (left buttock)
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 191, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography

Son of John Henry Oakes and Mary S Oakes of 35 Hamilton Road, Wimbledon, England.