Herbert Gordon (Bert) OAKLEY

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Service Number:	623
Enlisted:	24 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Factory Worker
Died:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 11 September 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warrnambool Public Cemetery, Victoria Wesleyan, Row 16, Grave 23
Memorials:

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 623, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 623, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 623, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left arm
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 623, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the face. Embarked for England on 12 May 1917 aboard HS Essequibo.
25 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 623, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas H. Oakley and Eliza Clements Oakley nee McKeeman of Raglan Parade, East Warrnambool, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Port MacQuarie disembarking on 25 May 1919

Medals: 1914--1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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