Robert David OATES-LENNOX

OATES-LENNOX, Robert David

    Service Numbers: 420, 3096
    Enlisted: 17 December 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 36th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Calcutta, India, 1872
    Home Town: Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Soldier & Cook
    Died: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 420, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    22 May 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 420, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit
    2 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3096, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    10 May 1917: Involvement Private, 3096, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    10 May 1917: Embarked Private, 3096, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
    29 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3096, 36th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Robert John Oates-Lennox and Elizabeth Julia Oates of Calcutta, India

    Husband of Annie Oates-Lennox nee Gorman of Crown Street, Darlinghurst, NSW. Robert and Annie married in Rockhampton, QLD on 1 April 1890. 

    Previously served with the 2nd Battalion York & Lancastershire Regiments for six years.

    Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 27 October 1917

    Medal: British War Medal

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