Claude OATES

Claude OATES Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	468
Enlisted:	29 February 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Mountain River, Tasmania, Australia, 4 May 1897
Home Town:	Grove, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 20 March 1977, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ranelagh St. James Anglican Cemetery
Memorials:

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 468, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 468, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 468, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 40th Battalion
2 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 468, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Slight head wound. Embarked for England on 6 April 1917 aboard HS Jan Breydal
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 468, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. Wounds to both legs. Embarked for England on 22 October 1917 aboard HS Pietre de Connick
7 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 468, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 6th Military District

Help us honour Claude Oates's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of Alfred Charles Oates and Keziah Gemmerson Oates nee Harper of Mountain River, Huon, Tasmania.

Brother of Allen Thomas Oates who returned to Australia on 20 February 1920 having served with the 40th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 16 December 1917 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on 13 February 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 20 December 1918 Claude married Hilda Ruth Cordwell in St. James Ranelagh, Tasmania