OLDROYD, Joseph Ernest Richard
| Service Number: | 2743 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 13 April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Watsons Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Wyong, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia , 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Noraville Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Catholic, Row D, Grave 38 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2743, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2743, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2743, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 23 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2743, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Edward Draper Oldroyd and Bertha Johanna Oldroyd of Burns Crescent, Abbotsford, NSW.
Brother of Roy Andrew Oldroyd who returned to Australia on 19 June 1916 having served with the 1st Battalion and William Edward Oldroyd who returned to Australia on 13 October 1918 having served with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion.
Husband of Bernice M. Oldroyd nee Read of Derby Street, Watsons Bay, NSW. Joseph and Bernice married during 1915c in Woollahra, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboar HT Orontes disembarking on 1 July 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal