Walter Hewitt OAKLEY

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Service Number:	1699
Enlisted:	9 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia, February 1927, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist F, Row 45, Grave 9. Interred on 11 February 1927
Memorials:

9 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1699, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1699, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1699, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
16 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion
21 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1699, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3td Military District as medically unfit due to premature senility and dysentery.

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Son of Edward Oakley and Mary Ann Oakley nee Hewitt of Geelong, Victoria.

Husband of Emily Oakley nee Lewis of Little Nelson Street, Williamstown, Victoria. Walter and Emily married during 1914c in Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking 5 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal