Arthur Tom OAKES

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Service Number:	6865
Enlisted:	31 January 1917, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Middlesex, London, England, 1894
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 13 July 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham (Pioneer) Cemetery, Victoria Plot reads: 4647CEO
Memorials:

31 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6865, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 6865, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 6865, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
2 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 21st Battalion
18 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6865, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Wounds to the buttocks and severe wound to the forearm. Invalided to England on 14 August 1918
25 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6865, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Militarry District

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Address at the rime of enlistment was given as Commercial Road, South Yarra, Victoria.

Son of Thomas Oakes and Amy Susan Oakes nee Haggett of House of Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard Demosthenes disembarking on 2 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1932c Arthur married Rosetta Florence Haggett in Victoria