Riddiford Colborne (Rid) OAKLEY

OAKLEY, Riddiford Colborne

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Captain (Chaplain 4th Class)
    Last Unit: Australian Army Chaplains' Department
    Born: St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 12 April 1883
    Home Town: Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Minster of Religion
    Died: St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1964, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    16 Jul 1915: Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    16 Jul 1915: Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
    17 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Shell wound to the forearm

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Olive (Ollie) Lawry Oakley nee Waterhouse of Dowling Street, Moore Park, NSW. Riddiford and Olive married on 30 March 1912 at Chatswood NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley disembarking on 13 April 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

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