William Alfred OAKLEY

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Service Numbers:	4182, 4187
Enlisted:	10 May 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queenstown, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 24 February 1876
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Due to war service, Keswick, South Australia, 12 October 1943, aged 67 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section 1, Drive C, Path 8, Grave 263S. Interred on 14 October 1943.
Memorials:

10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4182, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4182, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4182, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 4187, 27th Infantry Battalion
19 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4187, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to trench fever

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At the time of enlistment William was working on Wonaninta Station, Broken Hill, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Lizzie Badcock of Paddington, near Alberton, SA.

Husband of Florence Oakley nee Sargeant of Kenley Street, Port Adelaide, SA. William and Florence married during 1919c

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 21 November 1917 at Melbourne then by train to Adelaide.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal