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OAKES, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3345 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Lancashire, England, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3345, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3345, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3345, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3345, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3345, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 28 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3345, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to nephitis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mary Oakes of Regent Road, Widnes, Lancashire, England.
Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 disembarking at Sydney on 19 July 1917 for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal