George OXMAN

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Service Number:	5798
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia , 1885
Home Town:	Keiraville, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Helensburgh, New South Wales Australia , 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Wollongong Keiraville District Honour Roll, Wollongong Memorial Arch

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5798, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5798, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5798, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
6 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
8 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5798, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John H Oxman and Mary Oxman of Wollongong, NSW.

Brother of John Henry Oxman who returned to Australia on 28 June 1919 having served with the 3rd Tunnelling Company

During 1906c George married Ethel Maude Shipp in Wollongong, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Zealandia disembarking on 1 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal