Arthur Edward OAKLEY

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Service Number:	5719
Enlisted:	14 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 August 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5719, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5719, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5719, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
10 Aug 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 5719, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5719 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-08-10

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Son of Charles Oakley and Maud Oakley nee Fremantle of Hopetoun Parade, Box Hill, Victoria.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal