Clifford William OATES

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OATES, Clifford William

Service Number:	1923
Enlisted:	29 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1893
Home Town:	Ballengarra, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 July 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 25
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1923, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1923, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1923, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Oates and Alice Oates of Ballengarra, Wilson River, NSW.

Ronald Mervyn Oates who was killed in action on 25 February 1917 while serving with the 35th Battalion and is buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Plot V111, Row B, Grave 175; Reginald Oates who returned to Australia on 28 June 1919 having served with the Australian Army Medical Corps Details.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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