Thomas OAKMAN

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Service Number:	1710
Enlisted:	1 December 1915, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Germanton, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1894
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Guildford, New South Wales, 6 November 1974, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Section, Wall of Memory AIF. 14 GG, Niche 117.
Memorials:

1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1710, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1710, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1710, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
15 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1710, 55th Infantry Battalion, Buried by a shell
16 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 55th Battalion
23 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1710, 54th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gas shell burns.
14 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
12 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1710, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Richard Oakman and Elizabeth Oakman nee Aldridge of Wall Street, North Wagga Wagga, NSW later of Redfern, NSW.

Brother of Herbert Oakman who returned to Australia on 22 December 1918 having served with the 54th Battalion.

Comenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Thomas married Mary J. Smith in Sydney, NSW