Leslie OAKFORD

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Service Number:	4889
Enlisted:	5 October 1917, Enlisted at Balmain, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Australian Motor Transport Company
Born:	London, England, 16 March 1890
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:

5 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4889, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Balmain, NSW
19 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 4889, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 4889, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
16 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Motor Transport Company, From 2nd Pioneers
27 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4889, Australian Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Roseberry Street, Balmain, NSW.

Son of Mary Oakford of Banyan Street, Warrnambool, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 27 January 1920

Medal: British War Medal

During 1936c Leslie married Dorothy Sophia Allmark in Victoria

In April 1938 Leslie was residing in Iffla Street, South Melbourne, Victoria