Lewis Fredrick Henry OXLEY

OXLEY, Lewis Fredrick Henry

Service Number: 3478
Enlisted: 11 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
Born: Redfern, New South Wales, 1888
Home Town: Waterloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carter
Died: Newtown, New South Wales, 26 February 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Zone C, Anglican Section T, Grave 5440. Unmarked
Memorials: Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 5
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World War 1 Service

11 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3478, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3478, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3478, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
10 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3478, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Mostyn Oxley and Amelia Evangleine Oxley of Redfern, NSW.

Next of kin given as his brother Edward Mostyn Oxley of Wellington Street, Waterloo, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes 29 September 1917

Medal: British War Medal

During 1919c Lewis married Louisa A. Crowe in Sydney, NSW