Victor Harold OAKLEY

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Service Number:	15589
Enlisted:	29 May 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Saddler
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 18 July 1895
Home Town:	Roebourne, Roebourne, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Died:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 19 November 1963, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales M2, Section 17, Grave 3018
Memorials:	Roebourne War Memorial

29 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 15589, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Perth, WA
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 15589, 4th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 15589, 4th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
4 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, From 4th Divisional Signal Company
8 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company, From 3rd Divisional Signal Company
1 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Saddler, 15589, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Augustine John Oakley and Annie Elizabeth Oakley nee Rogers of Railway Street, North Fremantle, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 Febraury 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 22 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1940c Victor married Alice Margaret Logan nee Mildenhall in Rockdale, NSW