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OAKLEY, Claude Octavious
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1756, 1765 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremation service held on 21 November 1956 with the ashes being scattered at the cemetery. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1756, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1756, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 30 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion | |
| 25 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion | |
| 21 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1765, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
True name was Claudius Octavious Oakley served as Claude Octavious Oakley.
Son of Augustus Walter Oakley and Mary Theresa Oakley nee Mason of Carlton, Victoria.
Husband of Gertrude Amy Oakley nee Cubitt of Park Street, Parkville, Victoria. Claude and Gertrude married in Victoria during 1915c
Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle disembarking on 7 may 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal