OLDFIELD, Laurence
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria |
| Occupation: | School Master |
| Died: | Died of wounds - Multiple shell wounds to head, back and thigh, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, France, 26 June 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot 11, Row E, Grave 195. Headstone inscription reads: R.I.P. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, From 6th Battalion | |
| 25 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Multiple shell wounds to head, back and thigh. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as Guardian, Sister Esther Oldfield of Church of England Mission, Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Foster Mother Guardian wrote to Base Records stating:- Sister Esther Oldfield, wrote to Base Records, 5 August 1920: I am the foster mother of the late 2nd Lieut. L. Oldfield, and he has no blood relations whatsoever. He was given to me some 28 years ago a helpless forsaken babe, & until he went to the war, was never far away. We could never trace any parents; but the boy never wanted a mother's care since I have had him, and his name is on the Honour Roll of Trinity College, University, where he was doing his Arts course, & he was in the University Rifles. I am therefore his only next of kin and his Will, which I have proved, was in my favour. He was a great joy to me & proved a Christian gentleman, never giving me a moment's anxiety. I was advised to apply for his War Gratuity, but I am not certain if a foster mother is entitled to it. I have been too busy to enquire. I have written fully, and what I have said can be proved true by countless people. Attestation Paper page 72.
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