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OLDFIELD, Samuel Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2007 |
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| 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: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | 25 September 1980, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Dromana War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2007, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 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. | |
| 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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