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OLDFIELD, Samuel Thomas

Service Number:	2007
Enlisted:	21 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Red Hill State School no.1301, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Railway employee
Died:	Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Plot info: Banksia, Wall K, Niche 201
Memorials:	Dromana War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS
30 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Fractured clavicle. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 7 December 1915.
15 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
3 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
4 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion, France
9 Apr 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, A consistent and conscientous worker, particularly in salvage work.
16 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion, France
18 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Bomb wound to right leg (later amputated below knee) when a German mine exploded under the Battalion QM Stores at Velu.
25 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, Embarked per hospital ship Karoola. Disembarked Melbourne 10 January, 1918, then overland to No.2 echelon [NSW]
12 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, RTA 25 November 1917 and discharged as MU (wounds).

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