Charles Thomas OAKLEY

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Service Number:	1460
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria
Last Rank:	Saddler Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Richmond (Q), Richmond, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 28 June 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1460, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 1460, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 1460, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , At Heliopolis.
14 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Saddler Corporal, 1460, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to old wound in the right arm

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Son of Charles William Oakley and Nellie Hinshelwood formerly Oakley nee Wright of Fremantle, WA.

Husband of Mary Elsie Oakley of Park Street, Weymouth, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 4 March 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1936c Charles married Evelyn Myrtle McKenzie in Victoria